Teat
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tiËt/
- Rhymes: -iËt
Origin
From French tette, of Germanic origin. It replaced Old English titt, which survives as English tit. Confer Dutch tiet and German Zitze, "teat".
Full definition of teat
Noun
teat
(plural teats)- The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.