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Definition: Papilla |
PapillaNoun1. A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae of the tongue". 2. A small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "papilla" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
Etymology: Papilla \Pa*pil"la\, noun; plural Papill[ae]. [Latin expression, nipple, pimple.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A small nipple-shaped elevation. (references) |
Science | Minute, pimple-like process. pl. papillae. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Papilla, nipple, teat,papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Papilla |
| English words defined with "papilla": Bulb of a tooth ♦ Papillae, papillary, papilliform, papillose, Papillulate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "papilla": choroidal ring ♦ electric-needle specialist, electrolysis operator, Enamel Organ, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ♦ hypertrichologist ♦ Kidney Tubules, Collecting ♦ Nonodontogenic Cysts ♦ Oddi's Sphincter ♦ papilloedema ♦ Vater's Ampulla. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "papilla": Papilloma. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Papilla" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (papilla), Latin (breast, nipple, pap, teat), Spanish (pap). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Papilla" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Papilla" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 88 | 35,154 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "papilla": Dental Papilla ♦ excavation of papilla of optic nerve ♦ glaucomatous excavation of papilla ♦ glaucomatous excavation of papilla of optic nerve. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "papilla": papilla-form. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
papilla | 11 |
papilla renal | 3 |
anal papilla | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "papilla"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | حليمة حلمة صغيرة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пъпка (blotch, bud, burgeon, papula, papule, pimple, spot, whelk), папила. (various references) | |
Chinese | "头 (Papillae). (various references) | |
Danish | papil. (various references) | |
Dutch | papilla, papil. (various references) | |
Finnish | ison pohjukaissuolinystyn katetrisaatio (catheterization of the duodenal papilla). (various references) | |
French | papille. (various references) | |
German | Papille. (various references) | |
Greek | θηλή (nipple). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פטמית. (various references) | |
Italian | papilla. (various references) | |
Korean | 두 (Papillae). (various references) | |
Manx | sheeintag. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apillapay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | papila. (various references) | |
Romanian | papilã. (various references) | |
Russian | сосочек (caruncle), бугорок (knoll, protuberance, tubercle), папилла (papillae). (various references) | |
Spanish | papila. (various references) | |
Turkish | papil, tomur, kabarcık (blister, bubble, papula, papule, pimple, pock, pustule, tubercle, vesicle). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сосочок. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "papilla": papillae, papillar, papillary, papillate. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "papilla": sopapilla. (additional references) | |
Words containing "papilla": sopapillas. (additional references) | |
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"Papilla" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Appelle, capilla, padilla, Paillat, Paille, palilalia, Pamphili, Pamphilia, Pamphill, Papale, papill, papillas, Papillia, papillo, Parilia, Perilla, Popillia, Potilla, Prasiola, pupilla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "papilla" (pronounced 'Pa*pil"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Capella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Columella, Coronilla, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, guerilla, Gula, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-l-p-p" | |
-1 letter: appall, pallia, palpal. | |
-2 letters: appal, palpi, papal, pipal. | |
-3 letters: lipa, pail, pall, palp, papa, pial, pill. | |
-4 letters: aal, ail, ala, all, alp, ill, lap, lip, pal, pap, pia, pip. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, al, la, li, pa, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-l-p-p" | |
+1 letter: papillae, papillar. | |
+2 letters: appalling, papillary, papillate, papilloma, sopapilla. | |
+3 letters: applicable, impalpable, impalpably, papillomas, sopaipilla, sopapillas. | |
+4 letters: appallingly, apparelling, appealingly, appellation, appellative, palpability, papillomata, sopaipillas. | |
+5 letters: appellations, appellatives, inapplicable, inapplicably, populational, wallpapering. | |
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