mamella

Catalan

Etymology

From mama +‎ -ella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [məˈme̞.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [məˈme.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [maˈme.ʎa]

Noun

mamella f (plural mamelles)

1. breast, udder

Derived terms

• herba de les mamelles
• mamella de monja
• mamellada
• mamelló
• mamellut

Further reading

• “mamella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mamilla (“nipple”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈmeʝa/ [maˈme.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /maˈmeʝa/ [maˈme.ʝa] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /maˈmeʎa/ [maˈme.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /maˈmeʃa/ [maˈme.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /maˈmeʒa/ [maˈme.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /maˈmea/ [maˈme.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -eʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ea (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: ma‧me‧lla

Noun

mamella f (plural mamellas)

1. wattle (hanging appendage on a goat's neck)

   Synonym: (Mexico) coscate

Further reading

• “mamella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025