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Catalan
Etymology
From mama + -ella.
Pronunciation
Noun
mamella f (plural mamelles)
- breast, udder
Derived terms
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mamilla (“nipple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈmeʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈmeʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈmeʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈmeʒa/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa
- Syllabification: ma‧me‧lla
Noun
mamella f (plural mamellas)
- wattle (hanging appendage on a goat's neck)
- Synonym: (Mexico) coscate
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