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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin papilla (“a nipple, teat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
papilla (plural papillae)
- (anatomy) A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body.
- A vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth.
- Any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles.
- Any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue often containing taste buds.
- (botany) A small fleshy projection on a plant.
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
papilla
- (anatomy, botany) Alternative form of papilli
Declension
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Etymology 2
Noun
papilla
- adessive singular of pappi
Interlingua
Noun
papilla (plural papillas)
- nipple
Italian
Etymology
From Latin papilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈpil.la/
- Rhymes: -illa
- Hyphenation: pa‧pìl‧la
Noun
papilla f (plural papille)
- papilla
Further reading
- papilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From papula (“a pustule, pimple”) + -la (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
papilla f (genitive papillae); first declension
- diminutive of papula:
- (anatomy) a nipple, teat on the breast of human beings and of animals
- (transferred sense)
- (poetic) breast, bosom
Martialis,
Epigrammata 14.134 :
- Fascia, crescentes dominae compesce papillas, Ut sit quod capiat nostra tegatque manus.
- Breast-band! confine the swelling bosom of my mistress, that I may be able to cover and press it with my hand.
- (medicine) pustule, pimple
- rosebud
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Inflection
First-declension noun.
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Descendants
References
- “papilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “papilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- papilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Noun
papilla f (plural papillas)
- Obsolete spelling of papila.
Spanish
Etymology
From papa + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈpiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /paˈpiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈpiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpiʒa/
- Syllabification: pa‧pi‧lla
Noun
papilla f (plural papillas)
- baby food
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