tette

nipple (of an animal)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: tete

Cognate with Dutch: tiet

Cognate with German: Zitze

Cognate with English: tit

Cognate with Italian: tetta

Cognate with Spanish: teta

In summary

Inherited from Old French tete, probably from Frankish or West Germanic *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”).
Compare Dutch tiet, German Zitze, English tit, teat. Compare also Late Latin titta, Italian tetta, Spanish teta. Possibly ultimately an expressive formation found in many languages.

Concepts

nipple

teat

tit

mamilla

Synonyms

mamelon

tétin

trayon

mamelle

tétine

bout de sein

Translations

pezón

Brustwarze

papilla

mamilo

meme başı

capezzolo

mugró

Zitze

tepel

sutek

Nippel

θηλή

tetta

مهمک

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