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dental
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/, [ˈdɛnɾəɫ], [ˈdɛɾ̃əɫ], [ˈdɛnəɫ], [ˈdɛnɾɫ̩], [ˈdɛɾ̃ɫ̩], [ˈdɛnɫ̩]
- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)
- (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.
- (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
- (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
- (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.
Derived terms
- addental
- alveolodental
- antidental
- apicodental
- atlantodental
- bidental
- craniodental
- dental alveolus
- dental ape
- dental calculus
- dental cap
- dentalcare
- dental care
- dental caries
- dental clinic
- dental crown
- dental dam
- dental drill
- dental engine
- dental floss
- dental formula
- dental fricative
- dental hygienist
- dental identification
- dentalism
- dentality
- dentalize
- dentally
- dental notation
- dental pelican
- dental pick
- dental plate
- dental spa
- dental surgeon
- dental surgery
- gingivodental
- inferior dental artery
- infradental
- interdental
- intradental
- labiodental
- linguo-dental
- maxillodental
- medicodental
- nondental
- orodental
- palatodental
- paradental
- peridental
- polydental
- postdental
- predental
- pseudodental
- skeletodental
- subdental
- supradental
- teledental
Related terms
Translations
of or concerning the teeth
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of or concerning dentistry
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phonetics
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Noun
dental (plural dentals)
- (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
- Synonym: prophy
- (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.
Translations
cleaning of animal's teeth
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References
- “dental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “dental”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
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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)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “dental”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “dental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “dental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dental (feminine dentale, masculine plural dentaux, feminine plural dentales)
Related terms
Further reading
- “dental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Fula
Noun
dental ngal
Related terms
- 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)
- dental
- Hypernym: organisch
- (phonetics) dental
- Hyponyms: interdental, labiodental, lamino-dental
Declension
Positive forms of dental (uncomparable)
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Interlingua
Adjective
dental (not comparable)
- dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)
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Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).
Adjective
dental m (feminine singular dentala, masculine plural dentals, feminine plural dentalas)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dente + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dental m or f (plural dentais, not comparable)
Related terms
Noun
dental f (plural dentais)
Noun
dental m (plural dentais)
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Further reading
- “dental”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “dental” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “dental”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “dental”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “dental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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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)
Declension
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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)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “dental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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