denture

English

Etymology

From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntjə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ)

Noun

denture (plural dentures)

1. A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.
2. An artificial replacement of one or more teeth.

   After the mouth surgery, she was fitted with a denture.

3. (often in the plural) A complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth.

Usage notes

• The use of the term dentures rather than the term false teeth was once considered non-U, i.e., representing the aspiring middle and lower classes.

Synonyms

• (artificial teeth): choppers, false teeth

Derived terms

• denture adhesive
• denture cleaner
• denture cleanser
• denture cream
• denture powder
• denturism
• denturist
• overdenture

Translations

set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit — see also dentition

Armenian: ատամնաշար (hy) (atamnašar) Bulgarian: захапка f (zahapka) Catalan: dentadura (ca) f Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏅᏙᏍᏗ (didanvdosdi) Dutch: gebit (nl) n Finnish: hampaisto (fi), hampaat (fi) pl French: dentition (fr) f, denture (fr) f, prothèse dentaire (fr) f German: Gebiss (de) n, Zahnprothese (de) f, Prothese (de) f, Zahnersatz (de) m Greek: οδοντοστοιχία (el) f (odontostoichía) Hungarian: fogsor (hu) Kashubian: gebis m Maori: niho kēhua Portuguese: dentadura (pt) f Swedish: bett (sv) n, tanduppsättning c Thai: please add this translation if you can

artificial replacement of one or more teeth

Bulgarian: изкуствени зъби pl (izkustveni zǎbi) Catalan: dentadura postissa f, pròtesi dental m Chinese: Mandarin: 假牙 (zh) (jiǎyá) Dutch: gebitsprothese Finnish: hammasproteesi (fi) German: Zahnersatz (de) m Hungarian: műfog (hu), fogbeültetés, fogimplantátum, műfogsor (hu) Icelandic: falskar tennur f pl Irish: cíor fiacla f, déadchíor f Japanese: 義歯 (ja) (ぎし, gishi), 入れ歯 (ja) (いれば, ireba) Korean: 의치(義齒) (ko) (uichi) Malay: gigi palsu Portuguese: dentadura (pt) f Russian: зубно́й проте́з m (zubnój protɛ́z), проте́з (ru) m (protɛ́z), вставны́е зу́бы m pl (vstavnýje zúby) Spanish: dentadura postiza f Swedish: tandprotes c

complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth — see also false teeth

Bulgarian: чене (bg) n (čene) Dutch: kunstgebit (nl) n Finnish: hammasproteesi (fi) French: dentier (fr) m German: Zahnersatz (de) m, die dritten Zähne, künstliche Gebiss n Greek: τεχνητή οδοντοστοιχία f (technití odontostoichía), μασέλα (el) f (maséla) Iban: ngeli batu Icelandic: falskar tennur f pl Inuktitut: ᑭᒍᑎᓐᖑᐊᑦ (kicotinngoat) Malay: gigi palsu Manx: far-eeacklyn f pl Norwegian: gebiss Plautdietsch: Jebiss n Polish: proteza (pl) f Portuguese: dentadura (pt) f Russian: вставна́я че́люсть f (vstavnája čéljustʹ) Spanish: dentadura postiza f, placa (es) f Swedish: tandprotes c

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Translations to be checked

Italian: (please verify) dentiera (it) f (1) Slovak: (please verify) chrup m (1), (please verify) protéza f (2, 3), (please verify) umelý chrup m (3)

Anagrams

• detuner, retuned, tenured, untreed

French

Noun

denture f (plural dentures)

1. denture

Further reading

• “denture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.