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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (a tooth) + -ālis (-al, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)

  1. (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.
    Synonyms: toothly, teethly
    dental care
  2. (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
  3. (phonetics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.
    dental fricative
  4. (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

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Translations

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Noun

dental (plural dentals)

  1. (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
    Synonym: prophy
  2. (phonetics) A dental sound.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 253:
      'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (a tooth). By surface analysis, dent + -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentals)

  1. dental

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (a tooth). By surface analysis, dent + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑ̃.tal/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
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Adjective

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

  1. (linguistics) dental

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Noun

dental ngal

  1. (Pulaar) union, confederation, rally
  • dendaangal
  • déndingól
  • déndinoowo

References

  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dental (strong nominative masculine singular dentaler, not comparable)

  1. dental
    Hypernym: organisch
  2. (phonetics) dental
    Hyponyms: interdental, labiodental, lamino-dental

Declension

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Interlingua

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

  1. dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (a tooth).

Adjective

dental m (feminine singular dentala, masculine plural dentals, feminine plural dentalas)

  1. dental

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (a tooth). By surface analysis, dente + -al.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: den‧tal

Adjective

dental m or f (plural dentais, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, dentistry) dental (of or concerning teeth, cleaning teeth)
  2. (phonetics) dental

Noun

dental f (plural dentais)

  1. (phonetics) a dental consonant

Noun

dental m (plural dentais)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dental, from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (a tooth).

Adjective

dental m or n (feminine singular dentală, masculine plural dentali, feminine and neuter plural dentale)

  1. dental

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from German Dental and/or English dental; ultimately from Medieval Latin dentālis.

Noun

dèntāl m inan (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)

  1. (phonetics) dental
    Synonym: zȗbnīk

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (a tooth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /denˈtal/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: den‧tal

Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentales)

  1. dental

Derived terms

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