teat

Meaning

1. The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
2. Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
3. An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

Synonyms

nipple

breast

pap

tit

udder

mamilla

dug

mammilla

bump

breast milk

ledge

titty

lip

set-off

female breast

papilla

point

projection

prow

reeding

rim

salient

shoulder

tip

bubby

flanch

outshot

shaft collar

mammary papilla

projecting portion

Flg flange

breasts

bub

bulge

chest

end

🔚

feather

🪶

flange

flaring

jut

lid

lug

mamma

milk

🥛

nipples

Translations

Brustwarze

Zitze

pezón

tétine

capezzolo

mamelle

mamelon

trayon

tepel

sein

teta

θηλή

speen

mamilo

teta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tiːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tete

Cognate with French: tette

Cognate with Old High German: zizza

Cognate with German: Zitze

Cognate with Italian: zizza

Cognate with Old English: titt

Cognate with Dutch: tiet

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”).