areola

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin āreola (“small vacant space, garden”), diminutive of ārea. Doublet of areole. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈɹi.ə.lə/, /ˌæ.ɹiˈəʊ.lə/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈɹi.ə.lə/, /ˌɛɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/, /ˌæɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/ Rhymes: -iələ, -əʊlə === Noun === areola (plural areolas or areolae or areolæ) (anatomy) The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae. (by extension, anatomy) Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple. (anatomy) Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue. (botany) Any of the small spaces between fibres of the tissues of certain lichens. (botany) Small patches, bearing the spines and glochids characteristic of the stems of cacti. 1876 Richard E. Kunzé Cereus bonplandii (Parmet). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York p.129 Every pulvillus or areola is studded with from six to eight spines... From these pulvilli, also called spiniferous areola, or very close to it, burst the young bud or flower. If the latter, it is then called the floriferous areola, and the point where the epidermis bursts is of a deep pink tinge. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with aureola. ==== Derived terms ==== areola mammae areolar ==== Related terms ==== areole area ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === areola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin āreola, diminutive of ārea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌaː.reːˈoː.laː/ Hyphenation: are‧ola === Noun === areola f (plural areola's or areolae, no diminutive) (anatomy) areola (circle around a nipple) Synonym: tepelhof == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English areola), ultimately from Latin āreola. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑreolɑ/, [ˈɑ̝re̞ˌo̞lɑ̝] Rhymes: -olɑ Syllabification(key): a‧re‧o‧la Hyphenation(key): areo‧la === Noun === areola synonym of nännipiha (“areola”) ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin āreola (“small vacant space, garden”), diminutive of ārea. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /areˈola/ [a.reˈo.la] Rhymes: -ola Syllabification: a‧re‧o‧la === Noun === areola (plural areola-areola) areola: (anatomy) the circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae. (anatomy) any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple. (anatomy) any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “areola”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin āreola. Compare the inherited doublet aiuola. === Noun === areola f (plural areole) areola ==== Related terms ==== area == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive form of ārea. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aːˈre.ɔ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈrɛː.o.la] === Noun === āreola f (genitive āreolae); first declension a small open place; courtyard a small garden bed or cultivated place ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “areola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "areola", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “areola”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === aréola === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin āreola. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɾeˈola/ [a.ɾeˈo.la] Rhymes: -ola Syllabification: a‧re‧o‧la === Noun === areola f (plural areolas) (anatomy) areola (the coloured circle around a nipple) Synonym: aureola ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “areola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025