name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/tiːt/
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rhymes with -iːt
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the small projection of a mammary gland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, tit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reproductive organ, sex organ
History
Etymology
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Thiet, itself a variant of Thiede.
From Middle English tete, from Old French tete (“teat”) (compare French tette), from Frankish *tittā, *tittō, from Proto-Germanic *tittaz (“teat; nipple; breast”), ultimately of expressive origin. Compare Old High German zizza ("teat"; modern German Zitze), whence also Italian zizza (“teat”). It heavily displaced Old English titt, a cognate of the same origin, which survives as tit, but in more vulgar use. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze (“teat”).
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حَلَمَة
(ḥalama)
— projection of mammary gland
Arabic:
خِلْف
(ḵilf)
— projection of mammary gland
Aromanian:
tsãtsã
— projection of mammary gland
Bulgarian:
цицка
(cicka)
— projection of mammary gland
Bulgarian:
зърно на гърдата
(zǎrno na gǎrdata)
— projection of mammary gland
Chinese Mandarin:
奶頭 /奶头
(nǎitóu)
— projection of mammary gland
Chinese Mandarin:
乳頭 /乳头
(rǔtóu)
— projection of mammary gland
Czech:
struk
— projection of mammary gland
Czech:
bradavka
— projection of mammary gland
Danish:
patte
— projection of mammary gland
Danish:
pat
— projection of mammary gland
Danish:
brystvorte
— projection of mammary gland
Dutch:
speen
— projection of mammary gland
Dutch:
tepel
— projection of mammary gland
Esperanto:
cico
— projection of mammary gland
Esperanto:
mampinto
— projection of mammary gland
Finnish:
nänni
— projection of mammary gland
French:
trayon
— projection of mammary gland
German:
Brustwarze
— projection of mammary gland
Greek:
θηλή
(thilí)
— projection of mammary gland
Ancient Greek:
θηλή
(thēlḗ)
— projection of mammary gland
Gujarati:
આંચળ
(ā̃caḷ)
— projection of mammary gland
Gujarati:
આઉ
(āu)
— projection of mammary gland
Hindi:
चुचुक
(cucuk)
— projection of mammary gland
Hindi:
स्तनाग्र
(stanāgra)
— projection of mammary gland
Hittite:
𒋼𒂊𒋫𒀭
(te-e-ta-an)
— projection of mammary gland
Hungarian:
mellbimbó
— projection of mammary gland
Hungarian:
csecsbimbó
— projection of mammary gland
Hungarian:
csecs
— projection of mammary gland
Ido:
mameto
— projection of mammary gland
Ingrian:
nännänpää
— projection of mammary gland
Irish:
ballán
— projection of mammary gland
Irish:
dide
— projection of mammary gland
Italian:
tettarella
— projection of mammary gland
Italian:
capezzolo
— projection of mammary gland
Japanese:
乳首
— projection of mammary gland
Japanese:
乳頭
(nyūtō)
— projection of mammary gland
Japanese:
ニップル
(nippuru)
— projection of mammary gland
Korean:
젖꼭지
(jeotkkokji)
— projection of mammary gland
Latin:
papilla
— projection of mammary gland
Malay:
puting
— projection of mammary gland
Manchu:
ᡨᡠᠮᡳᡥᠠ
(tumiha)
— projection of mammary gland
Māori:
ū
— projection of mammary gland
Māori:
titi
— projection of mammary gland
Norwegian Bokmål:
patte
— projection of mammary gland
Norwegian Bokmål:
brystvorte
— projection of mammary gland
Norwegian Bokmål:
sugevorte
— projection of mammary gland
Norwegian Bokmål:
spene
— projection of mammary gland
Norwegian Nynorsk:
patte
— projection of mammary gland
Norwegian Nynorsk:
brystvorte
— projection of mammary gland
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sugevorte
— projection of mammary gland
Norwegian Nynorsk:
spene
— projection of mammary gland
Polish:
sutek
— projection of mammary gland
Polish:
sutka
— projection of mammary gland
Polish:
brodawka sutkowa
— projection of mammary gland
Portuguese:
mamilo
— projection of mammary gland
Portuguese:
bico do peito
— projection of mammary gland
Portuguese:
mamá
— projection of mammary gland
Romanian:
sfârc
— projection of mammary gland
Romanian:
țâță
— projection of mammary gland
Russian:
сосо́к
(sosók)
— projection of mammary gland
Serbo-Croatian:
си̏са
— projection of mammary gland
Serbo-Croatian:
sȉsa
— projection of mammary gland
Spanish:
pezón
— projection of mammary gland
Swedish:
bröstvårta
— projection of mammary gland
Tarifit:
tinɣi
— projection of mammary gland
Turkish:
meme başı
— projection of mammary gland
Ottoman Turkish:
امجیك
(emcik)
— projection of mammary gland
Volapük:
blötatät
— projection of mammary gland
Bulgarian:
цицка
(cicka)
— feeding bottle top
Burmese:
နို့ပုံ
(nui.pum)
— feeding bottle top
Burmese:
နို့သီးခေါင်း
(nui.si:hkaung:)
— feeding bottle top