Meanings
teat1
plural teats
- anatomyThe projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 107 - Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
- An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.
Teat2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe small projection of a mammary gland
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
teat · noun
- Proto-Germanic*tittaz“teat; nipple; breast”
- Frankish*tittā
- Old Frenchtete“teat”
- Middle Englishtete
- Englishteat
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Teat · proper noun
- GermanThiet
- EnglishTeat
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Thiet, itself a variant of Thiede.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek θηλή
- θηλή (thēlḗ)projection of mammary gland
Arabic حَلَمَة, خِلْف
- حَلَمَة (ḥalama)projection of mammary gland
- خِلْف (ḵilf)projection of mammary gland
Bulgarian цицка, зърно на гърдата
- цицка (cicka)projection of mammary gland
- зърно на гърдата (zărno na gărdata)projection of mammary gland
- цицка (cicka)feeding bottle top
Catalan tetina
- tetinafeeding bottle top
Chinese Mandarin 奶頭 /奶头, 乳頭 /乳头
- 奶頭 /奶头 (nǎitóu)projection of mammary gland
- 乳頭 /乳头 (rǔtóu)projection of mammary gland
Czech struk, bradavka
- strukprojection of mammary gland
- bradavkaprojection of mammary gland
Danish patte, pat
- patteprojection of mammary gland
- patprojection of mammary gland
- brystvorteprojection of mammary gland
- sutfeeding bottle top
Dutch speen, tepel
- speenprojection of mammary gland
- tepelprojection of mammary gland
- speenfeeding bottle top
Esperanto cico, mampinto
- cicoprojection of mammary gland
- mampintoprojection of mammary gland
- cicumofeeding bottle top
Finnish nänni, tutti
- nänniprojection of mammary gland
- tuttifeeding bottle top
French trayon, tétine
- trayonprojection of mammary gland
- tétinefeeding bottle top
German Brustwarze, Sauger
- Brustwarzeprojection of mammary gland
- Saugerfeeding bottle top
Greek θηλή, θηλή
- θηλή (thilí)projection of mammary gland
- θηλή (thilí)feeding bottle top
Hindi चुचुक, स्तनाग्र
- चुचुक (cucuk)projection of mammary gland
- स्तनाग्र (stanāgra)projection of mammary gland
- चुचुक (cucuk)feeding bottle top
Hungarian mellbimbó, csecsbimbó
- mellbimbóprojection of mammary gland
- csecsbimbóprojection of mammary gland
- csecsprojection of mammary gland
- cuclifeeding bottle top
Irish ballán, dide
- ballánprojection of mammary gland
- dideprojection of mammary gland
- didefeeding bottle top
Italian tettarella, capezzolo
- tettarellaprojection of mammary gland
- capezzoloprojection of mammary gland
- tettarellafeeding bottle top
Japanese 乳首, 乳頭
- 乳首projection of mammary gland
- 乳頭 (nyūtō)projection of mammary gland
- ニップル (nippuru)projection of mammary gland
- おしゃぶり (oshaburi)feeding bottle top
Korean 젖꼭지
- 젖꼭지 (jeotkkokji)projection of mammary gland
Latin papilla
- papillaprojection of mammary gland
Malay puting
- putingprojection of mammary gland
Māori ū, titi
- ūprojection of mammary gland
- titiprojection of mammary gland
- titifeeding bottle top
Norwegian Bokmål patte, brystvorte
- patteprojection of mammary gland
- brystvorteprojection of mammary gland
- sugevorteprojection of mammary gland
- speneprojection of mammary gland
- smokkfeeding bottle top
Polish sutek, sutka
- sutekprojection of mammary gland
- sutkaprojection of mammary gland
- brodawka sutkowaprojection of mammary gland
- smoczekfeeding bottle top
Portuguese mamilo, bico do peito
- mamiloprojection of mammary gland
- bico do peitoprojection of mammary gland
- mamáprojection of mammary gland
- chupetafeeding bottle top
- bicofeeding bottle top
Romanian sfârc, țâță
- sfârcprojection of mammary gland
- țâțăprojection of mammary gland
- tetinăfeeding bottle top
Russian сосо́к, со́ска
- сосо́к (sosók)projection of mammary gland
- со́ска (sóska)feeding bottle top
Spanish pezón, chupete
- pezónprojection of mammary gland
- chupetefeeding bottle top
- tetefeeding bottle top
- tetinafeeding bottle top
Swedish bröstvårta, tuta
- bröstvårtaprojection of mammary gland
- tutafeeding bottle top
Turkish meme başı, biberon emziği
- meme başıprojection of mammary gland
- biberon emziğifeeding bottle top
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Cite this entry
teat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teat
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