English Explanatory Dictionary

mummy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.
  2. A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films.
  3. Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body.
  4. Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body. (countable, uncountable, now rare) A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
  5. A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
  6. A pulp.
  7. A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
  8. A sort of wax used in grafting.
verb
  1. To mummify.
noun
  1. mother.
name
  1. One's mother.

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌm.i/ en-uk-mummy.ogg en-us-mummy.ogg /ˈməm.mi/

Word forms

mummy mummies mummying mummied mommy mummie

Etymology

From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”). Doublet of mumijo.

Synonyms

mummy brown

Related words

corpse Daddy Mommy Mum

Derived words

corn mummy mummia mummification mummiform mummify mummiology mummy bag mummy brown mummy cloth mummyish mummylike mummy nut mummyology mummy portrait mummy wheat unmummied grandmummy mummy daddy mummydom mummyhood mummyji mummykins mummy makeover mummy porn mummy's boy mummy track mummy wars scummy mummy stepmummy sugar mummy yummy mummy

Translations

Afrikaans: mummie Albanian: mumje Arabic: مُومِيَاء Arabic: موميا Aragonese: momia Armenian: մումիա Asturian: momia Azerbaijani: mumiya Bashkir: мумия Basque: momia Belarusian: му́мія Bengali: মমি Breton: balzamegenn Bulgarian: му́мия Burmese: မံမီရုပ်ကလာပ် Buryat: муми Carpathian Rusyn: мумия Catalan: mòmia Chechen: муми Chinese Cantonese: 木乃伊 Chinese Mandarin: 木乃伊 Corsican: mummia Czech: mumie Danish: mumie Dutch: mummie Egyptian: z:a-H-A53 Erzya: мумия Esperanto: mumio Estonian: muumia Faroese: mumia Finnish: muumio French: momie West-Frisian: mummy Friulian: mumie Galician: momia Georgian: მუმია German: Mumie Greek: μούμια Ancient Greek: τάριχος Gujarati: મમી Hawaiian: iʻaloa
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