English

Alternative spellings
qualifier|US mom

Pronunciation
IPA|/m�m/
audio|en-us-mum.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�m

Noun
en-noun

1. informal mother|Mother.

Usage notes
Mum is only capitalised when used as a proper noun:
I don't think Mum likes my new car.
I don't think my mum will like you.

Synonyms
See WikiSaurus:mother

Translations

Dutch: mama
Esperanto: panjo
Finnish: mutsi
French: maman f
German: Mama, Mutti f
Hebrew: ���
Hungarian: anya, anyu
mid
Italian: mamma f
Polish: mama, mamusia
Portuguese: mamãe f
Scottish Gaelic: mamaidh f, màmag f
Spanish: mamá f
Swedish: mamma
Tz'utujil: tee'|tee�

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. colloquial silent.
2. colloquial secret.

Derived terms
keep mum
mum's the word

Interjection
en-intj|pos=mum!

1. stop speak|speaking!

Verb
en-verb|mumm|ed

1. to act in a pantomime or dumb show

Category:English palindromes

Turkish

Noun
infl|tr|noun

1. candle

Declension
crh-latin-noun|un|a|u|da|dan

Category:Turkish palindromes

el:mum
fa:mum
fr:mum
ko:mum
io:mum
ku:mum
lt:mum
hu:mum
sv:mum
te:mum
vi:mum
tr:mum
vo:mum
zh:mum

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