Moms

How to spell moms

4 letters · 1 syllable

How to pronounce moms

What does moms mean?

1. nounMore than one mom; an informal plural word for mothers.

Moms in a sentence

• The school invited all the moms to a coffee morning.

• Several moms organised the car pool for the soccer team.

Where does moms come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This is the plural of 'mom', an affectionate, informal word for mother that grew out of nursery language. The deepest root is the syllable 'ma', one of the earliest and easiest sounds a baby produces, which gave Latin 'mamma' (breast, and by extension mother) and similar nursery forms across many unrelated languages. English had 'mamma' from the 1500s, and the clipped pet form 'mom' (alongside 'momma' and 'mommy') became established especially in American and Canadian usage, while British speakers more often say 'mum'. The final '-s' is simply the regular English plural ending, so 'moms' just means more than one mom. The spelling stays phonetically plain, which is why the only thing to watch is using the simple '-s' plural rather than any apostrophe.

How the word is built

• mom (from mamma, baby-talk for mother)
• -s (plural)