different between teat vs geat

English

Etymology

From Middle English tete, from Old French tete (“teat”) (compare French tette), from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), ultimately of expressive origin. Doublet of tit, which is inherited.

It displaced Old English titt, which survives as tit. Confer Dutch tiet and German Zitze (“teat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

teat (plural teats)

1. (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.

   Synonyms: tit (now vulgar), pap, nipple, dug

2. Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
3. An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

Quotations

Translations

See also

• breast, mammary gland, tit, udder

Anagrams

• Etta, Tate, Teta, aett, tate

English

Alternative forms

• gate
• git

Etymology

See gate.

Noun

geat (plural geats)

1. The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.

Anagrams

• -gate, EGTA, ETag, GATE, Gate, e-tag, gate, geta

Cimbrian

Verb

geat

1. third-person singular present indicative of gian

Dutch

Pronunciation

Participle

geat

1. past participle of atten

Declension

Northern Sami

Pronoun

geat

1. nominative plural of gii

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?æt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gat?. Cognate with Old Frisian jet, Old Saxon gat, Old Dutch *gat, Old Norse gat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæ??t/

Noun

?eat n

1. gate

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: ?eat, ?at, ?ate, ?et, gat, gate
  • English: gate; yate (dialectal)
    • ? Welsh: gât, gêt
  • Scots: ?et, ?ett, yet, yett
  • ? Welsh: iet