mamella
Catalan
Etymology
mama + -ella
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /məˈme.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /maˈme.ʎa/
Noun
mamella f (plural mamelles)
- breast, udder
Derived terms
- mamellada
- mamella de monja
- mamelló
- mamellut
Further reading
- “mamella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mamilla (“nipple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈmeʝa/ [maˈme.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈmeʎa/ [maˈme.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈmeʃa/ [maˈme.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈmeʒa/ [maˈme.ʒa]
- (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
Further reading
- “mamella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014