nipple

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɪp(ə)l/, SAMPA: /'nIp(@)l/

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• Rhymes: -ɪpəl

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
• teat (1,2)
• tit (1)

Derived terms

• grease nipple
• Slippery Nipple

Translations

projection of mammary gland

Afrikaans: nippel (af) Albanian: thithkë (sq) f. Arabic: حلمة (ar) (Halama) f. Egyptian Arabic: حلمة (ḥalama) f. Aragonese: please add this translation if you can Armenian: պտուկ (ptuk), կրծքապտուկ (krtsqaptuk) Asturian: pezón (ast) m. Azeri: please add this translation if you can Basque: titiburo, erro Bengali: স্তনবৃন্ত (bn) Breton: beg ar vronn m. Catalan: mugró 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 (ling-thâu, ni-thâu) Crimean Tatar: emşek Czech: bradavka f., prsní bradavka f. Danish: brystvorte (da) c. Dutch: tepel m. (1), speen m. (2), nippel m. (3, 4) Esperanto: cico (eo), mampinto (eo) Estonian: nibu (1) Filipino: dede pl. Finnish: nänni (1), tuttipullo (2) French: mamelon m., téton (fr) m. Galician: please add this translation if you can German: Nippel m. (1, 4), Brustwarze f. (1) Greek: ρώγα (el) (roga) f. (1), θηλή (el) (thilí) f. Hawaiian: maka waiū, maka Hebrew: פטמה (pitma) f. Hindi: चूची (hi) (cūcī) f. Hungarian: mellbimbó (hu)

Icelandic: brjóstvarta (is) f., geirvarta (is) f. Interlingua: papilla Irish: sine (ga) f. Italian: capezzolo (1,2) m., ugello (3) 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) Korean: 젖꼭지 (jeotggokji), 유두 (yudu) Kurdish: sermemik m., serçiçik 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. Pitjantjatjara: ipi kaḻka, ipi mulya Portuguese: mamilo m., bico do seio m. (1), chupeta f., chupadouro m., bico de mamadeira m. (2) 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. Scottish Gaelic: sine f., ceann-na-cìche m. Serbian: sisak (sr) m., bradavica (sr) f. Slovene: prsna bradavica (sl) f., bradavica (sl) f. Spanish: niple f., pezón m. Swedish: bröstvårta (sv) c., (medical) nippel (sv) c., (of animals) spene (sv) c. Turkish: meme başı (tr), meme ucu (tr), göğüs ucu (tr) şişe emziği (tr) (2), emzik (tr) (2) Urdu: چوچي (ur) (cūcī) f. Volapük: blötatät (vo) Persian: please add this translation if you can

artificial nipple for bottle feeding

Chinese: Mandarin: 奶嘴 (zh) (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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