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Borrowed fromLatinpapilla(“a nipple, teat”).

• IPA^(key): /pəˈpɪl.ə/
• Rhymes:-ɪlə

papilla (pluralpapillae)

1. (anatomy) Anipple-likeprotuberance on a part ororgan of the body.
   1. Avascularprocess ofconnective tissue extending into andnourishing theroot of ahair,feather, or developingtooth.
   2. Any of thevascularprotuberances of thedermal layer of theskin extending into theepidermal layer and often containingtactilecorpuscles.
   3. Any of the smallprotuberances on the upper surface of thetongue often containingtaste buds.
2. (botany) A smallfleshyprojection on aplant.

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

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

papilla

1. (anatomy, botany)Alternative form ofpapilli

• “papilla”, inKielitoimiston 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–, retrieved2023-07-01

papilla

1. adessivesingular ofpappi

papilla (pluralpapillas)

1. nipple

FromLatinpapilla.

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

papilla f (pluralpapille)

1. papilla

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

• allappi

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

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /paˈpil.la/,[päˈpɪlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /paˈpil.la/,[päˈpilːä]

papilla f (genitivepapillae);first declension

1. diminutive ofpapula:
   1. (anatomy) anipple,teat on thebreast ofhuman beings and ofanimals
   2. (transferred sense)
      1. (poetic)breast,bosom
         • Martialis,Epigrammata 14.134 :

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

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

      2. (medicine)pustule,pimple
      3. rosebud

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First-declension noun.

• papillāris(adjective)
• papillātus(adjective)

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

papilla f (pluralpapillas)

1. Obsolete spelling ofpapila.

Frompapa +‎-illa.

• Syllabification:pa‧pi‧lla

papilla f (pluralpapillas)

1. baby food

• “papilla”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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