mamella
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mamella f (plural mamelles)
Derived terms
- herba de les mamelles
- mamella de monja
- mamellada
- mamelló
- mamellut
Further reading
- “mamella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mamilla (“nipple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈmeʝa/ [maˈme.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /maˈmeʎa/ [maˈme.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /maˈmeʃa/ [maˈme.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /maˈmeʒa/ [maˈme.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ma‧me‧lla
Noun
mamella f (plural mamellas)
- wattle (hanging appendage on a goat's neck)
- Synonym: (Mexico) coscate
Further reading
- “mamella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024