papilla

papilla

See also: papil·la

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈpɪl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

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

• papillar
• papillary
• papillate
• papillectomy
• papilliferous
• papilliform
• papilloma
• papillomatous

 

Translations

nipple-like protuberance

Arabic: حُلَيْمَة‎ f (ḥulayma) Bulgarian: пъпка (bg) f (pǎpka) Catalan: papil·la (ca) f Finnish: papilli (fi), papilla (fi) Italian: papilla (it) f Maori: hīnawanawa Polish: brodawka (pl) f Portuguese: papila f Russian: сосо́чек (ru) m (sosóček), бугоро́к (ru) m (bugorók), борода́вка (ru) f (borodávka) (wart) Spanish: papila f

References

• “papilla”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “papilla”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpilːɑ/, [ˈpɑpilːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧pil‧la

Noun

papilla

1. adessive singular of pappi

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 papillainrare
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
instructive		—	papilloin
abessive		papillatta	papilloitta
comitative		—	papilloineen

Possessive forms of papilla (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	papillani	papillamme
2nd person	papillasi	papillanne
3rd person	papillansa

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Interlingua

Noun

papilla (plural papillas)

1. nipple

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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

• allappi

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈpil.la/, [päˈpɪlːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈpil.la/, [päˈpilːä]

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
         • Martialis, Epigrammata 14.134 :

           Fascia, crescentes dominae compesce papillas

           band, compress your mistress' swelling breasts

      2. (medicine) pustule, pimple
      3. rosebud

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	papilla	papillae
Genitive	papillae	papillārum
Dative	papillae	papillīs
Accusative	papillam	papillās
Ablative	papillā	papillīs
Vocative	papilla	papillae

Derived terms

• papillātus (adjective)

Descendants

Descendants of papilla in other languages

• → Catalan: papil·la
• → English: papilla
• → Finnish: papilli
• → French: papille
• → Italian: papilla
• → Portuguese: papila
• → Serbo-Croatian: папѝла (papìla)
• → Spanish: papila

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

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Portuguese

Noun

papilla f (plural papillas)

1. Obsolete spelling of papila

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Spanish

Etymology

papa +‎ -illa

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈpiʝa/ [paˈpi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈpiʝa/ [paˈpi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /paˈpiʎa/ [paˈpi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈpiʃa/ [paˈpi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpiʒa/ [paˈpi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: pa‧pi‧lla

Noun

papilla f (plural papillas)

1. baby food

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• “papilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014