papila

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• papilla (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin papilla (“nipple”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈpi.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈpi.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈpi.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈpi.lɐ/

Noun

papila f (plural papilas)

1. (anatomy) papilla (any nipple-like structure)

Derived terms

• papila gustativa

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papǐla/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pi‧la

Noun

papìla f (Cyrillic spelling папѝла)

1. (anatomy) papilla

Declension

Declension of papila

	singular	plural
nominative	papila	papile
genitive	papile	papila
dative	papili	papilama
accusative	papilu	papile
vocative	papilo	papile
locative	papili	papilama
instrumental	papilom	papilama

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin papilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpila/ [paˈpi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: pa‧pi‧la

Noun

papila f (plural papilas)

1. (anatomy) papilla

Derived terms

• papilar

 

Further reading

• “papila”, 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