# areola
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈɹi.ə.lə/, /ˌæ.ɹiˈəʊ.lə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /əˈɹi.ə.lə/, /ˌɛɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/, /ˌæɹ.iˈoʊ.lə/
* Rhymes: -iələ, -əʊlə

### Noun

areola (plural areolas or areolae or areolæ)
* (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, →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.
* (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.
* (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.
* (botany) Any of the small spaces between fibres of the tissues of certain lichens.
* (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.

#### Usage notes

* Not to be confused with aureola.

#### Derived terms

* areola mammae
* areolar

#### Related terms

* areole
* area

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Further reading

* areola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āreola, diminutive of ārea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌaː.reːˈoː.laː/
* Hyphenation: are‧ola

### Noun

areola f (plural areola's or areolae)
* (anatomy) areola (circle around a nipple)
    Synonym: tepelhof

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑreolɑ/, [ˈɑ̝re̞ˌo̞lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -olɑ
* Hyphenation: areo‧la

### Noun

areola
* Synonym of nännipiha (“areola”)

#### Declension

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
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āreola. Compare the inherited doublet aiuola.

### Noun

areola f (plural areole)
* areola

#### Related terms

* area

## Latin
### Etymology

Diminutive form of ārea.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aːˈre.o.la/, [äːˈreɔɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈre.o.la/, [äˈrɛːolä]

### Noun

āreola f (genitive āreolae); first declension
* a small open place; courtyard
* a small garden bed or cultivated place

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: arèola
* English: areola, areole
* French: aréole
* Galician: aréola
* Italian: aiuola, areola
* Portuguese: eiró, Eiró, → aréola
* Sicilian: arèula
* Spanish: areola

### References

* “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
### Alternative forms

* aréola

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āreola.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾeˈola/ [a.ɾeˈo.la]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: a‧re‧o‧la

### Noun

areola f (plural areolas)
* (anatomy) areola (the coloured circle around a nipple)
    Synonym: aureola

#### Related terms

* areolar

### Further reading

* “areola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10