dental

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dental, or from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁d-ent- (“tooth”), participle of *h₁ed- (“eat”), perhaps from an older sense "bite". From Sanskrit - दन्तः.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntəl/, /ˈdɛntl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntl̩/, [ˈdɛn(ɾ)ɫ̩], [ˈdɛɾ̃ɫ̩]
• Hyphenation: den‧tal
• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)

1. Of or concerning the teeth, as in dental care.
2. Of or concerning dentistry.
3. (phonetics) Made with the tongue touching the teeth, as in dental fricative.

Noun

dental (plural dentals)

1. (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
2. (phonetics) A dental sound.

Anagrams

• lanted

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens. Equivalent to dent +‎ -al.

Adjective

dental (masculine and feminine plural dentals)

1. dental

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens. Equivalent to dent +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.tal/

Adjective

dental (feminine singular dentale, masculine plural dentaux, feminine plural dentales)

1. (linguistics) dental

Further reading

• “dental” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛnˈtaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

1. dental

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dẽˈtaɫ/

Adjective

dental m, f (plural dentais, comparable)

1. dental

Noun

dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)

1. a dentale

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Adjective

dental (plural dentales)

1. dental