teat
Bedeutung (English)
- The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
- An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.
Synonyms
female breast
shaft collar
mammary papilla
projecting portion
Flg flange
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/tiːt/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English tete, from Old French tete (“teat”) (compare French tette), from Frankish *tittā, *tittō, from Proto-Germanic *tittaz (“teat; nipple; breast”), ultimately of expressive origin. Compare Old High German zizza ("teat"; modern German Zitze), whence also Italian zizza (“teat”). It heavily displaced Old English titt, a cognate of the same origin, which survives as tit, but in more vulgar use. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze (“teat”).
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