mummie

From Dutch mummie, from Middle French mommie, from Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmœ.mi/

mummie (plural mummies)

1. A mummy (extensively preserved corpse).

• mommie (obsolete)

Borrowed from Middle French mommie, from Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏ.mi/

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• Hyphenation: mum‧mie

mummie f (plural mummies, diminutive mummietje n)

1. a mummy (extensively preserved corpse)

   Ken jij de mop van de mummie?

   Do you know the joke about the mummy?

mummie f

1. plural of mummia