Complete Definition of "teat"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ti�t/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�t|-i�t

Etymology
French tette, which is of Teutonic origin and replaced Old English titt, which survives as English tit. Confer German Zitze, "teat".

Noun
en-noun

  1. The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
  2. An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

Synonyms
mammary: nipple, tit
bottle top: nipple

Translations
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Chinese: 奶頭, 奶头
Dutch: speen m
Erzya: по�е (pote)
Finnish: nänni
French: trayon m (1) tétine f (2)
German: Brustwarze f (1), Sauger m (2)
Greek: ��γα f (r�ga)
Italian: capezzolo m
trans-mid
Japanese: 乳�
Korean: �꼭�
Malay: dot
Russian: �ен��ик m (tsentrik)
Spanish: pezón m
Thai: หัว�ม (hua nom, literally, head-milk)
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See also
breast, mammary gland, tit, udder

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