papilla

Borrowed from Latin papilla (“a nipple, teat”).

• IPA^(key): /pəˈpɪl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

papilla (plural papillae)

1. (anatomy) A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body.
   1. A vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth.
   2. Any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles.
   3. Any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue often containing taste buds.
2. (botany) A small fleshy projection on a plant.

• “papilla”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “papilla”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpilːɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝pilːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑpilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧pil‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧pil‧la

papilla

1. (anatomy, botany) alternative form of papilli

• “papilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

papilla

1. adessive singular of pappi

papilla (plural papillas)

1. nipple

From Latin papilla.

• IPA^(key): /paˈpil.la/
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: pa‧pìl‧la

papilla f (plural papille)

1. papilla

• papilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• allappi

From papula (“a pustule, pimple”) +‎ -la (diminutive nominal suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paˈpɪl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [paˈpil.la]

papilla f (genitive papillae); first declension

1. diminutive of papula:
   1. (anatomy) a nipple, teat on the breast of human beings and of animals
   2. (transferred sense)
      1. (poetic) breast, bosom
         • Martialis, Epigrammata 14.134:

           Fascia, crescentes dominae compesce papillas, Ut sit quod capiat nostra tegatque manus.

           Breast-band! confine the swelling bosom of my mistress, that I may be able to cover and press it with my hand.

      2. (medicine) pustule, pimple
      3. rosebud

First-declension noun.

• papillāris (adjective)
• papillātus (adjective)

• “papilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “papilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

papilla f (plural papillas)

1. obsolete spelling of papila

From papa +‎ -illa.

• Syllabification: pa‧pi‧lla

papilla f (plural papillas)

1. baby food

• “papilla”, 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