teat

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiːt/ Rhymes: -iːt === Noun === teat (plural teats) (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. Synonyms: tit (now vulgar), pap, nipple, dug Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle. An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants. ==== Quotations ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== breast, mammary gland, tit, udder ==== Further reading ==== teat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Etta, Tate, Teta, aett, tate