areola

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English

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A woman's breasts, with the areola indicated.
Cactus areolae are the little patches from which the spines and glochids emerge

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin āreola (“small vacant space, garden”), diminutive of ārea. Doublet of areole.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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areola (plural areolas or areolae or areolæ)

  1. (anatomy) The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae.
    • 2014 April 28, Albert Sun, “From Volunteers, a DNA Database”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      Working with the Personal Genome Project, she has collected measurements and images of the areolas of 150 people so far. One initial finding is that the diameter of the areola seems unrelated to the number of areola glands — the small bumps in the skin surrounding the nipple.
  2. (by extension, anatomy) Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple.
  3. (anatomy) Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.
    • 1847, The Medico-Chirurgical Review, volume 51, page 329:
      The tubes or elongated spaces of which we have spoken, are not distended with any fluid, but are merely moistened in the same way as the areolas of ordinary areolar tissue.
  4. (botany) Any of the small spaces between fibres of the tissues of certain lichens.
  5. (botany) Small patches, bearing the spines and glochids characteristic of the stems of cacti.
    • 1876 Richard E. Kunzé Cereus bonplandii (Parmet). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York p.129
      Every pulvillus or areola is studded with from six to eight spines... From these pulvilli, also called spiniferous areola, or very close to it, burst the young bud or flower. If the latter, it is then called the floriferous areola, and the point where the epidermis bursts is of a deep pink tinge.

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Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin āreola, diminutive of ārea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.reːˈoː.laː/
  • Hyphenation: are‧ola

Noun

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areola f (plural areola's or areolae)

  1. (anatomy) areola (circle around a nipple)
    Synonym: tepelhof

Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English areola), ultimately from Latin āreola.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑreolɑ/, [ˈɑ̝re̞ˌo̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -olɑ
  • Syllabification(key): a‧re‧o‧la

Noun

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areola

  1. Synonym of nännipiha (“areola”)

Declension

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Inflection of areola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative areola areolat
genitive areolan areolien
partitive areolaa areolia
illative areolaan areoliin
singular plural
nominative areola areolat
accusative nom. areola areolat
gen. areolan
genitive areolan areolien
areolain rare
partitive areolaa areolia
inessive areolassa areolissa
elative areolasta areolista
illative areolaan areoliin
adessive areolalla areolilla
ablative areolalta areolilta
allative areolalle areolille
essive areolana areolina
translative areolaksi areoliksi
abessive areolatta areolitta
instructive — areolin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of areola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative areolani areolani
accusative nom. areolani areolani
gen. areolani
genitive areolani areolieni
areolaini rare
partitive areolaani areoliani
inessive areolassani areolissani
elative areolastani areolistani
illative areolaani areoliini
adessive areolallani areolillani
ablative areolaltani areoliltani
allative areolalleni areolilleni
essive areolanani areolinani
translative areolakseni areolikseni
abessive areolattani areolittani
instructive — —
comitative — areolineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative areolasi areolasi
accusative nom. areolasi areolasi
gen. areolasi
genitive areolasi areoliesi
areolaisi rare
partitive areolaasi areoliasi
inessive areolassasi areolissasi
elative areolastasi areolistasi
illative areolaasi areoliisi
adessive areolallasi areolillasi
ablative areolaltasi areoliltasi
allative areolallesi areolillesi
essive areolanasi areolinasi
translative areolaksesi areoliksesi
abessive areolattasi areolittasi
instructive — —
comitative — areolinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative areolamme areolamme
accusative nom. areolamme areolamme
gen. areolamme
genitive areolamme areoliemme
areolaimme rare
partitive areolaamme areoliamme
inessive areolassamme areolissamme
elative areolastamme areolistamme
illative areolaamme areoliimme
adessive areolallamme areolillamme
ablative areolaltamme areoliltamme
allative areolallemme areolillemme
essive areolanamme areolinamme
translative areolaksemme areoliksemme
abessive areolattamme areolittamme
instructive — —
comitative — areolinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative areolanne areolanne
accusative nom. areolanne areolanne
gen. areolanne
genitive areolanne areolienne
areolainne rare
partitive areolaanne areolianne
inessive areolassanne areolissanne
elative areolastanne areolistanne
illative areolaanne areoliinne
adessive areolallanne areolillanne
ablative areolaltanne areoliltanne
allative areolallenne areolillenne
essive areolananne areolinanne
translative areolaksenne areoliksenne
abessive areolattanne areolittanne
instructive — —
comitative — areolinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative areolansa areolansa
accusative nom. areolansa areolansa
gen. areolansa
genitive areolansa areoliensa
areolainsa rare
partitive areolaansa areoliaan
areoliansa
inessive areolassaan
areolassansa 		areolissaan
areolissansa
elative areolastaan
areolastansa 		areolistaan
areolistansa
illative areolaansa areoliinsa
adessive areolallaan
areolallansa 		areolillaan
areolillansa
ablative areolaltaan
areolaltansa 		areoliltaan
areoliltansa
allative areolalleen
areolallensa 		areolilleen
areolillensa
essive areolanaan
areolanansa 		areolinaan
areolinansa
translative areolakseen
areolaksensa 		areolikseen
areoliksensa
abessive areolattaan
areolattansa 		areolittaan
areolittansa
instructive — —
comitative — areolineen
areolinensa

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin āreola. Compare the inherited doublet aiuola.

Noun

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areola f (plural areole)

  1. areola
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Latin

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Etymology

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Diminutive form of ārea.

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Noun

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āreola f (genitive āreolae); first declension

  1. a small open place; courtyard
  2. a small garden bed or cultivated place

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative āreola āreolae
Genitive āreolae āreolārum
Dative āreolae āreolīs
Accusative āreolam āreolās
Ablative āreolā āreolīs
Vocative āreola āreolae

Descendants

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References

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  • “areola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • areola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • areola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin āreola.

Noun

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areola f (plural areolas)

  1. (anatomy) areola (the coloured circle around a nipple)
    Synonym: aureola
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Further reading

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