papilla

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See also: papil·la

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin papilla (a nipple, teat).

Pronunciation

Noun

papilla (plural papillae)

  1. (anatomy) A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body.
    1. A vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth.
    2. Any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles.
    3. Any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue often containing taste buds.
  2. (botany) A small fleshy projection on a plant.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

papilla

  1. (anatomy, botany) Alternative form of papilli
Declension
Inflection of papilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative papilla papillat
genitive papillan papilloiden
papilloitten
papillojen
partitive papillaa papilloita
papilloja
illative papillaan papilloihin
singular plural
nominative papilla papillat
accusative nom. papilla papillat
gen. papillan
genitive papillan papilloiden
papilloitten
papillojen
papillain rare
partitive papillaa papilloita
papilloja
inessive papillassa papilloissa
elative papillasta papilloista
illative papillaan papilloihin
adessive papillalla papilloilla
ablative papillalta papilloilta
allative papillalle papilloille
essive papillana papilloina
translative papillaksi papilloiksi
abessive papillatta papilloitta
instructive papilloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of papilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative papillani papillani
accusative nom. papillani papillani
gen. papillani
genitive papillani papilloideni
papilloitteni
papillojeni
papillaini rare
partitive papillaani papilloitani
papillojani
inessive papillassani papilloissani
elative papillastani papilloistani
illative papillaani papilloihini
adessive papillallani papilloillani
ablative papillaltani papilloiltani
allative papillalleni papilloilleni
essive papillanani papilloinani
translative papillakseni papilloikseni
abessive papillattani papilloittani
instructive
comitative papilloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative papillasi papillasi
accusative nom. papillasi papillasi
gen. papillasi
genitive papillasi papilloidesi
papilloittesi
papillojesi
papillaisi rare
partitive papillaasi papilloitasi
papillojasi
inessive papillassasi papilloissasi
elative papillastasi papilloistasi
illative papillaasi papilloihisi
adessive papillallasi papilloillasi
ablative papillaltasi papilloiltasi
allative papillallesi papilloillesi
essive papillanasi papilloinasi
translative papillaksesi papilloiksesi
abessive papillattasi papilloittasi
instructive
comitative papilloinesi
Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

papilla

  1. adessive singular of pappi

Interlingua

Noun

papilla (plural papillas)

  1. nipple

Italian

Etymology

From Latin papilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈpil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pìl‧la

Noun

papilla f (plural papille)

  1. 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

  1. diminutive of papula:
    1. (anatomy) a nipple, teat on the breast of human beings and of animals
    2. (transferred sense)
      1. (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.
      2. (medicine) pustule, pimple
      3. rosebud
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Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

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)

  1. 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)

  1. baby food

Derived terms

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