caries

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caries.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛə.ɹiːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ɹiz/
• (with Mary–marry–merry merger and happy tensing) Homophones: carries, karris
• Hyphenation: car‧ies

Noun

caries (countable and uncountable, plural caries)

1. The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay

Anagrams

• ericas

Noun

caries f

1. plural of carie

Verb

caries

1. second-person singular present indicative of carier
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of carier

Anagrams

• aciers
• casier
• craies
• créais
• écrias
• sciera

Etymology

From careō (“to lack”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ri.eːs/

Noun

cariēs f (genitive cariēī); fifth declension

1. rot, rottenness, corruption

See also

• carius

References

• caries in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caries in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caries in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 93

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾjes/

Noun

caries f (plural caries)

1. (dentistry) caries, cavity

Further reading

• “caries” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.