mamelle
French, noun/ma.mɛl/
mamelle is spelled M-A-M-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mamelle is a French feminine noun meaning “breast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie charnue et glanduleuse du sein des mammifères femelles où se forme le lait”.
What does mamelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreast
- 2
femininenipple
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie charnue et glanduleuse du sein des mammifères femelles où se forme le lait. 2. Téton ; sein 3. Sources dont dépend [le complément de nom].
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mamelle
- mamelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mamelle?
- /ma.mɛl/
- \ma.mɛl\
- [ma.mɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mamelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mamelle in French?
mamelle appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).