areola

See also: aréola

English

A woman's breasts, with the areola indicated.

Cactus areolae are the little patches from which the spines and glochids emerge

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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈɹi.ə.lə/, /ˌɛɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/, /ˌæɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/
• Rhymes: -iələ, -əʊlə

Noun

areola (plural areolas or areolae or areolæ)

1. (anatomy) The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae.
   • 2014 April 28, Albert Sun, “From Volunteers, a DNA Database”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Working with the Personal Genome Project, she has collected measurements and images of the areolas of 150 people so far. One initial finding is that the diameter of the areola seems unrelated to the number of areola glands — the small bumps in the skin surrounding the nipple.

2. (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.
3. (anatomy) Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
   • 1847, The Medico-Chirurgical Review, volume 51, page 329:

     The tubes or elongated spaces of which we have spoken, are not distended with any fluid, but are merely moistened in the same way as the areolas of ordinary areolar tissue.

4. (botany) Any of the small spaces between fibres of the tissues of certain lichens.
5. (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

circle around the nipple

• Arabic: هَالَة f (hāla)

  Egyptian Arabic: هالة f (hāla)

• Bengali: অ্যারিওলা (bn) (êriōla)
• Catalan: arèola (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乳暈 / 乳晕 (zh) (rǔyùn)

• Czech: prsní dvorec m, dvorec (cs) m, areola f
• Dutch: tepelhof (nl) m, areola f
• Estonian: nännipiha
• Finnish: nänninpiha
• French: aréole (fr)
• Galician: aréola (gl) f
• German: Warzenhof m
• Greek: άλως (el) f (álos)
• Haitian Creole: areol
• Hungarian: kis felület
• Icelandic: vörtubaugur m
• Ido: areolo (io)
• Ilocano: binaklay
• Japanese: 乳輪 (ja) (にゅうりん, nyūrin)
• Korean: 유륜(乳輪) (yuryun), 그물코 틈 (geumulko teum)
• Lithuanian: areolė f
• Maori: wāhi pūpango
• Persian: هاله (fa) (hâle)
• Polish: otoczka f
• Portuguese: aréola (pt)
• Russian: арео́ла (ru) f (areóla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ареола f

  Roman: areola (sh) f

• Slovak: prsný dvorec m, dvorec m
• Spanish: areola (es) f
• Swedish: vårtgård (sv) c
• Tamil: சிற்றிடம் (ciṟṟiṭam)
• Telugu: చూచుకము (te) (cūcukamu)
• Turkish: areola (tr), meme aylası, ağırşak (tr)
• Vietnamese: quầng đỏ

anatomy: small circular area in general

• Catalan: arèola (ca) f
• Finnish: rengas (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} स्तनिकाग्रे (stanikāgre)

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)

1. (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
• Hyphenation^(key): areo‧la

Noun

areola

1. Synonym of nännipiha (“areola”)

Declension

Inflection of areola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		areola	areolat
genitive		areolan	areolien
partitive		areolaa	areolia
illative		areolaan	areoliin
		singular	plural
nominative		areola	areolat
accusative	nom.	areola	areolat
	gen.	areolan
genitive		areolan	areolien areolain rare
partitive		areolaa	areolia
inessive		areolassa	areolissa
elative		areolasta	areolista
illative		areolaan	areoliin
adessive		areolalla	areolilla
ablative		areolalta	areolilta
allative		areolalle	areolille
essive		areolana	areolina
translative		areolaksi	areoliksi
abessive		areolatta	areolitta
instructive		—	areolin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of areola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative areolani areolani accusative nom. areolani areolani gen. areolani genitive areolani areolieni areolaini rare partitive areolaani areoliani inessive areolassani areolissani elative areolastani areolistani illative areolaani areoliini adessive areolallani areolillani ablative areolaltani areoliltani allative areolalleni areolilleni essive areolanani areolinani translative areolakseni areolikseni abessive areolattani areolittani instructive — — comitative — areolineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative areolasi areolasi accusative nom. areolasi areolasi gen. areolasi genitive areolasi areoliesi areolaisi rare partitive areolaasi areoliasi inessive areolassasi areolissasi elative areolastasi areolistasi illative areolaasi areoliisi adessive areolallasi areolillasi ablative areolaltasi areoliltasi allative areolallesi areolillesi essive areolanasi areolinasi translative areolaksesi areoliksesi abessive areolattasi areolittasi instructive — — comitative — areolinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative areolamme areolamme accusative nom. areolamme areolamme gen. areolamme genitive areolamme areoliemme areolaimme rare partitive areolaamme areoliamme inessive areolassamme areolissamme elative areolastamme areolistamme illative areolaamme areoliimme adessive areolallamme areolillamme ablative areolaltamme areoliltamme allative areolallemme areolillemme essive areolanamme areolinamme translative areolaksemme areoliksemme abessive areolattamme areolittamme instructive — — comitative — areolinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative areolanne areolanne accusative nom. areolanne areolanne gen. areolanne genitive areolanne areolienne areolainne rare partitive areolaanne areolianne inessive areolassanne areolissanne elative areolastanne areolistanne illative areolaanne areoliinne adessive areolallanne areolillanne ablative areolaltanne areoliltanne allative areolallenne areolillenne essive areolananne areolinanne translative areolaksenne areoliksenne abessive areolattanne areolittanne instructive — — comitative — areolinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative areolansa areolansa accusative nom. areolansa areolansa gen. areolansa genitive areolansa areoliensa areolainsa rare partitive areolaansa areoliaan areoliansa inessive areolassaan areolassansa areolissaan areolissansa elative areolastaan areolastansa areolistaan areolistansa illative areolaansa areoliinsa adessive areolallaan areolallansa areolillaan areolillansa ablative areolaltaan areolaltansa areoliltaan areoliltansa allative areolalleen areolallensa areolilleen areolillensa essive areolanaan areolanansa areolinaan areolinansa translative areolakseen areolaksensa areolikseen areoliksensa abessive areolattaan areolattansa areolittaan areolittansa instructive — — comitative — areolineen areolinensa

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āreola. Compare the inherited doublet aiuola.

Noun

areola f (plural areole)

1. areola

Related terms

• area

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of ārea.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːˈre.o.la/, [äːˈreɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈre.o.la/, [äˈrɛːolä]

Noun

āreola f (genitive āreolae); first declension

1. a small open place; courtyard
2. a small garden bed or cultivated place

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	āreola	āreolae
genitive	āreolae	āreolārum
dative	āreolae	āreolīs
accusative	āreolam	āreolās
ablative	āreolā	āreolīs
vocative	āreola	āreolae

Descendants

• Catalan: arèola
• English: areola, areole
• French: aréole
• Galician: aréola
• Italian: aiuola, areola
• Portuguese: eiró, Eiró, → aréola
• Sicilian: arèula
• Spanish: areola

References

• “areola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• areola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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.

Noun

areola f (plural areolas)

1. (anatomy) areola (the coloured circle around a nipple)

   Synonym: aureola

Related terms

• areolar

 

Further reading

• “areola”, in Diccionario 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