mamelon
French, noun/mam.lɔ̃/
mamelon is spelled M-A-M-E-L-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mamelon is a French masculine noun meaning “nipple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Protubérance située au centre de la mamelle”.
What does mamelon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenipple
- 2
masculinenipple (short threaded connecting tube)
- 3
masculinehillock, knoll (rounded elevation or protuberance)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Protubérance située au centre de la mamelle. 2. Éminence arrondie. 3. Sommet ou colline de forme arrondie, non allongée. 4. Tube fileté.
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 mamelon
- mamelons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mamelon?
- /mam.lɔ̃/
- \mam.lɔ̃\
- \ma.mə.lɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mamelon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mamelon in French?
mamelon appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).