moms
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɒmz/
- (US) enPR: mŏmz, IPA(key): [mɑmz]
- Rhymes: -ɒmz
Etymology 1
From mom + -s (plural suffix).
Noun
moms
- plural of mom
Etymology 2
From mom + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Noun
moms (plural moms)
- (African-American Vernacular) Affectionate term of address for one's mother.
- 1996, Ghostface Killah, All That I Got Is You:
- but I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit
- 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 34:
- My moms, Noojie, had told me that the two little stumps on the sides of my hands came from being born with six fingers, and that's why I was always stealing something.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Abbreviation of merværdiomsætningsafgift.
Noun
moms m (definite singular momsen)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
moms m (definite singular momsen)
- VAT (abbreviation of merverdiomsetningsavgift (value added tax))
References
- “moms” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
moms m (definite singular momsen)
- VAT (abbreviation of meirverdiomsetningsavgift (value added tax))
References
- “moms” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Danish moms, an abbreviation of merværdiomsætningsafgift.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
moms c (uncountable)
- value added tax
- Synonym: mervärdesskatt
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | moms | moms |
| definite | momsen | momsens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
See also
- oms (“sales tax”)
Further reading
- moms in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Report and pay VAT, verksamt.se