nipple

English

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Alternative forms

• neple, nypil (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier neple, nypil, *neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɪp(ə)l/, X-SAMPA: /'nIp(@)l/

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• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

A woman's breasts, with the nipple indicated.

Noun

nipple (plural nipples)

1. The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
2. An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
3. A mechanical device through which liquids can be passed in a regulated manner.
4. A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.

   Turn the nipples on to the bicycle spokes only one turn, for each spoke on the new wheel all the way around until they are all snug, then check alignment.

5. Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on American keyboards.
6. Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:nipples
• (mammary gland, artificial mammary gland): teat
• (mammary gland): tit

Derived terms

• grease nipple
• slippery nipple

Translations

projection of mammary gland

• Afrikaans: nippel (af)
• Albanian: thithkë (sq) f
• Arabic: حلمة (ar) (ḥalama) f

  Egyptian Arabic: حلمة (ḥalama) f

• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: պտուկ (hy) (ptuk), կրծքապտուկ (hy) (krtsqaptuk)
• Asturian: pezón (ast) m
• Azeri: məmə (az)
• Basque: titiburo (eu), erro (eu)
• Belarusian: сасок (be) (sasók) m
• Bengali: স্তনবৃন্ত (bn) (stônbrintô)
• Breton: beg ar vronn (br) m
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: mugró (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乳頭 (cmn), 乳头 (cmn) (rǔtóu), 奶頭 (cmn), 奶头 (cmn) (nǎitóu), (artificial) 奶嘴 (cmn) (nǎizuǐ)

  Min Nan: 奶頭 (nan) (ling-thâu, ni-thâu)

• Coptic: ⲭⲉⲗⲙⲓ (kelmi) f, ϭⲓ (ši, chi) m
• Crimean Tatar: emşek
• Czech: bradavka (cs) f, prsní bradavka (cs) f
• Danish: brystvorte (da) c
• Dutch: (1) tepel (nl) m, (2) speen (nl) m, (3, 4) nippel (nl) m
• Esperanto: cico (eo), mampinto (eo)
• Estonian: nibu (et)
• Finnish: nänni (fi)
• French: mamelon (fr) m, téton (fr) m
• Galician: mamila (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Nippel (de) m, Brustwarze (de) f
• Greek: ρώγα (el) (roga) f (1), θηλή (el) (thilí) f
• Hawaiian: maka waiū, maka
• Hebrew: פטמה (he) (pitma) f
• Hindi: चूची (hi) (cūcī) f, चुचुक (hi) (cucuk)
• Hungarian: mellbimbó (hu)
• Icelandic: brjóstvarta (is) f, geirvarta (is) f
• Interlingua: papilla (ia)
• Irish: sine (ga) f
• Italian: (1,2) capezzolo (it) m, (3) ugello (it) m
• Japanese: 乳首 (ja) (ちちくび, chichikubi), 乳頭 (ja) (にゅうとう, nyūtō), ニップル (ja) (nippuru)

• Kazakh: емшек (kk) (emşek)
• Korean: 젖꼭지 (ko) (jeotggokji), 유두 (ko) (yudu)
• Kurdish: sermemik (ku) m, serçiçik (ku) m
• Latin: papilla (la) f
• Latvian: krūts zirnītis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: (human) spenẽlis (lt) m, (non-human) spenys (lt)
• Macedonian: брадавица (mk) (bradávica) f, пупка (mk) (púpka) f
• Malay: dot (ms)
• Maltese: beżżula (mt) f
• Norwegian: patte (no) f
• Old English: delu (ang) f
• Persian: نوک پستان (fa) (nok-e pestân)
• Pitjantjatjara: ipi kaḻka, ipi mulya
• Polish: brodawka sutkowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: mamilo (pt) m, (1) bico do seio (pt) m, chupeta (pt) f, chupadouro (pt) m, (2) bico de mamadeira (pt) m
• Romanian: sfârc (ro) n
• Romansch: chavadè (rm) m, cavadi (rm) m, tgavadi (rm) m, tgavadel (rm) m, chavdè (rm) m, mamilla (rm) f
• Russian: сосок (ru) (sosók) m, (artificial) соска (ru) (sóska) f
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: cimingioni, semingioni

  Gallurese Sardinian: capitùgnulu

• Sassarese Sardinian: cabigiu
• Scottish Gaelic: sine (gd) f, ceann-na-cìche (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сисак (sh) m, брадавица (sh) f

  Roman: sisak (sh) m, bradavica (sh) f

• Slovak: prsná bradavka (sk) f, bradavka (sk) f
• Slovene: prsna bradavica (sl) f, bradavica (sl) f
• Spanish: niple (es) f, pezón (es) m
• Swedish: bröstvårta (sv) c, (medical) nippel (sv) c, (of animals) spene (sv) c
• Tagalog: dede (tl) pl
• Tatar: имчәк (tt) (imçäk)
• Thai: หัวนม (th) (hŭa nom)
• Turkish: meme başı (tr), meme ucu (tr), göğüs ucu (tr) şişe emziği (tr) (2), emzik (tr) (2)
• Ukrainian: сосок (uk) (sosók) m
• Urdu: چوچي (ur) (cūcī) f
• Vietnamese: núm vú (vi)
• Volapük: blötatät (vo)

artificial nipple for bottle feeding

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奶嘴 (cmn) (nǎizuǐ)

• Esperanto: cicumo (eo)
• Finnish: tutti (fi)

• French: tétine (fr) f
• Russian: соска (ru) (sóska) f
• Swedish: napp (sv) c, dinapp (sv) c

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