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English

Etymology

papilla +? -ar

Adjective

papillar (comparative more papillar, superlative most papillar)

1. Having the properties or appearance of a papilla.

   Synonym: papillary

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin papilla (“a nipple, teat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??p?l.?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

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

Related terms

Translations

References

• “papilla”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “papilla”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?pil??/, [?p?pil??]
• Rhymes: -?pil??
• Syllabification: pa?pil?la

Etymology 1

Noun

papilla

1. Adessive singular form of pappi.

Etymology 2

Noun

papilla

1. (anatomy, botany) Alternative form of papilli

Declension

Interlingua

Noun

papilla (plural papillas)

1. nipple

Italian

Etymology

From Latin papilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?pil.la/

Noun

papilla f (plural papille)

1. papilla

Further reading

• papilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From papula (“a pustule, pimple”) +? -illa (diminutive nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa?pil.la/, [pä?p?l??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa?pil.la/, [p??pil??]

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
      2. (medicine) pustule, pimple
      3. rosebud

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• papill?tus (adjective)

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

Noun

papilla f (plural papillas)

1. baby food

Derived terms

• dar papilla
• echar la papilla
• hacer papilla
• hecho papilla