Apedia

Mum Mʌm Noun Call I Happy Birthday Lot

Word3 mum
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /mʌm/ /mʌm/
Example
  • call your mum.
  • my mum says i can't go.
  • happy birthday, mum.
  • a lot of mums and dads have the same worries.
Sound Online sound. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/m/mum/mum__/mum__us_1.mp3
Image
Search images by the word
https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=mum
Content

mum

(noun)/mʌm/ /mʌm/
  1. a mother
    • Call your mum.
    • My mum says I can't go.
    • Happy Birthday, Mum.
    • A lot of mums and dads have the same worries.
    • She's a single mum with two kids.
    • expectant/new/young/teenage mums
    • stay-at-home/working mums

    Extra Examples

    • Bella lives with her mum in Oxford.
    • Marc waved goodbye to his mum.
    • The cat acted as a surrogate mum to the chicks.
    • The group is aimed at new mums with young babies.
    • She's a single mum raising two kids on her own.
    • Young mums can often find themselves isolated.
    • She has just become the proud mum of a baby girl.

    Word Origin

    • noun mid 17th cent.: abbreviation of mummy ‘mother’.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Tags: a1

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Fr habiter loger en lodge de wohnen ru

Previous card: Eo:loĝ fr habiter loger en lodge de wohnen

Up to card list: 3000 English common words - Oxford by CEFR