mamilla

English

Alternative forms

• mammilla

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mamilla.

Noun

mamilla (plural mamillae)

1. (anatomy) The small projection of a mammary gland; a nipple.
2. A nipple-shaped protuberance.

Synonyms

• nipple
• pap
• teat
• tit

Derived terms

• mamillar
• mamillary
• mamillate

 

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of mamma.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈmil.la/, [mäˈmɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈmil.la/, [mäˈmilːä]

Noun

mamilla f (genitive mamillae); first declension

1. breast
2. nipple, teat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mamilla	mamillae
Genitive	mamillae	mamillārum
Dative	mamillae	mamillīs
Accusative	mamillam	mamillās
Ablative	mamillā	mamillīs
Vocative	mamilla	mamillae

Descendants

• Catalan: mamella
• English: mamilla
• French: mamelle
• Galician: mamila
• Italian: mammella
• Portuguese: mamilo, mamila
• Romansch: mamilla
• Spanish: mamella
• → Spanish: mamila

References

• “mamilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mamilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mamilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin mamilla.

Noun

mamilla f (plural mamillas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) nipple

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) chavadè
• (Sursilvan) cavadi
• (Sutsilvan) tgavadi
• (Surmiran) tgavadel
• (Puter) chavdè