teat

See also: teát

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tete (teat) (compare French tette), from Frankish *titta, from Germanic. It replaced Old English titt, which survives as tit. Confer Dutch tiet and German Zitze (teat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

teat (plural teats)

  1. The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
  2. An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

Synonyms

  • (mammary nipple): tit
  • (artificial nipple): nipple

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