mummy
An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial,…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.
» We saw a mummy at the museum.
В музее мы видели мумию.
Мы в музее видели мумию.
Мы в музее увидели мумию.
Meaning
8 senses(countable)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.
a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
(broadly, countable)A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films.
Mumie
му́мияmúmija
му́міяmúmija
(broadly, countable)Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body.
(historical, uncountable)A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
(India, New England, UK, childish, usually)Mother.
Mutti, Mama, Mami
ма́маmáma, ма́мочкаmámočka, ма́тушкаmátuška
ма́маmáma
informal terms for a mother
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.
(archaic, broadly, countable, uncountable)A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
(archaic, uncountable)A pulp.
(obsolete, uncountable)A sort of wax used in grafting.
Examples
43 sentencesWe saw a mummy at the museum.
ruВ музее мы видели мумию. — ae5s
Mummy, could you give me money to buy sweets?
Мамо, можеш дати мені грошей на цукерки? — deniko
Is that your mummy?
Це твоя мама? — deniko
Are you my mummy?
Ти моя мама? — deniko
ruТы моя мама? — marafon
Mummy, where's my hanky?
Мамо, де мій носовичок? — deniko
ruМама, где мой носовой платок? — Tonari
deMama, wo ist mein Taschentuch? — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from MedievFrom 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.
From mum + -y (diminutive suffix), related to mom and mommy, from mother.
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Forms
plural: mummiesSynonyms
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