mamilla

English

Alternative forms

mammilla

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mamilla.

Noun

mamilla (plural mamillae)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

breast
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)

(Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) nipple

Synonyms

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

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