papilla

English

Etymology

Latin papilla (“nipple”).

Noun

papilla (plural papillae)

1. (anatomy) A nipple-like anatomical structure.

Translations

anatomical structure

• Arabic: حليمة (ar) (ḥulayma) f
• Finnish: papillii (fi), papilla (fi)
• Italian: papilla (it) f

• Maori: hīnawanawa (mi)
• Polish: brodawka f
• Spanish: papila (es) f

Related terms

• papillar
• papillary
• papillate
• papillectomy
• papilliferous
• papilloma
• papillomatous

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ilːɑ

Noun

papilla

1. (anatomy, botany) Alternative form of papilli.

Declension

Declension of papilla (type katiska) singular plural nominative papilla papillat genitive papillan papilloiden papilloitten papillojen papillain1 partitive papillaa papilloita papilloja accusative papilla papillan papillat inessive papillassa papilloissa elative papillasta papilloista illative papillaan papilloihin adessive papillalla papilloilla ablative papillalta papilloilta allative papillalle papilloille essive papillana papilloina translative papillaksi papilloiksi instructive – papilloin abessive papillatta papilloitta comitative – papilloineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Noun

papilla f (plural papille)

1. papilla

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Latin

Etymology

From papula (“pustule, pimple”).

Noun

papilla (genitive papillae); f, first declension

1. nipple, teat, breast, papilla

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	papilla	papillae
genitive	papillae	papillārum
dative	papillae	papillīs
accusative	papillam	papillās
ablative	papillā	papillīs
vocative	papilla	papillae

Descendants

• English: papilla
• French: papille
• Italian: papilla
• Spanish: papila

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Spanish

Noun

papilla f (plural papillas)

1. baby food

Derived terms

• dar papilla
• echar la papilla
• hacer papilla
• hecho papilla