mamona

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maˈmoː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈmɔː.na]

mamōna m (genitive mamōnae); first declension

1. alternative form of mammōna

First-declension noun.

• "mamona", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Learned borrowing from Latin mammōna.

• IPA^(key): /maˈmɔ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: ma‧mo‧na

mamona f

1. (colloquial) money

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pieniądze

• mamona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mamona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Kimbundu mumono, possibly influenced by mamão (“papaya”).^[1]

• Hyphenation: ma‧mo‧na

mamona f (plural mamonas)

1. castor oil plant (Ricinus communis L.)
2. the seed of that plant, castor bean

• IPA^(key): /maˈmona/ [maˈmo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: ma‧mo‧na

mamona f (plural mamonas)

1. female equivalent of mamón (“mama's boy, mommy's darling; stupid person, dumbass, sucker”)

mamona

1. feminine singular of mamón

• “mamona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024