teat
/tiːt/
teat noun: the projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
Noun
teat (plural teats)
- The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 107
- Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
- An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.
Proper noun capitalized: Teat
Teat (plural Teats)
- A surname from German.
teat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
teat in Hindi
- projection of mammary gland
- चुचुक cucuk, स्तनाग्र stanāgra
- feeding bottle top
- चुचुक cucuk
teat in Tamil
- மடிக் காம்பு, உறிஞ்ஞை, காம்பு, முலைக்காம்பு
teat in Marathi
- teat, dug
- आंचूळ āñcūḷ
teat in Urdu
- چسنی, چوچی, حلمہ, سر پستان
More languagesFewer languages
- teat in Kannada
- ಒಂಗು, ಮೊಲೆತೊಟ್ಟು
- teat in Gujarati
- આંચળ ā̃caḷ, આઉ āu
- teat in Arabic
- حَلَمَة ḥalama, خِلْف ḵilf
- teat in Malay
- puting
- teat in Myanmar
- နို့ပုံ nui.pum, နို့သီးခေါင်း nui.si:hkaung:
Examples of teat in a sentence
- “I have not tasted mare's teat wine in more than two years,” he said.
- They don’t have teats, so the mothers express their milk onto their bellies for their young to feed.
- 'The finest sweet wine, made from the best mare's teat grapes in Kocho - a valued ally in these troubled times.'
Forms of teat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | teats |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Teats |
Origin of teat
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”).
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Thiet, itself a variant of Thiede.
Words formed from teat
Phrases with teat
Words that rhyme with teat
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
- keet
Questions about teat
- What does teat mean?
- Teat means the projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- What is teat in Hindi?
- Teat in Hindi is चुचुक (cucuk), स्तनाग्र (stanāgra). See Teat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is teat?
- Teat can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce teat?
- Teat is pronounced /tiːt/.
- What is the plural of teat?
- The plural of teat is teats.
Words near teat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: teat (page history and authors); Teat (page history and authors); teat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आंचूळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); teat (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); teat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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