dental
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/, /ˈdɛn.tl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/, /ˈdɛn.tl̩/, [ˈdɛn.(ɾ)əɫ], [ˈdɛɾ̃.əɫ], [ˈdɛn.əɫ], [ˈdɛn.(ɾ)ɫ̩], [ˈdɛɾ̃.ɫ̩], [ˈdɛn.ɫ̩]
- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective edit
dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)
- (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.
- (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
- (phonetics) Made with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or the alveolar ridge.
- dental fricative
Derived terms edit
- addental
- alveolodental
- antidental
- apicodental
- atlantodental
- bidental
- craniodental
- dental alveolus
- dental calculus
- dentalcare
- dental caries
- dental clinic
- dental crown
- dental dam
- dental drill
- dental engine
- dental floss
- dental formula
- dental fricative
- dental hygienist
- dental identification
- dentality
- dentally
- dental notation
- dental pelican
- dental pick
- dental spa
- dental surgeon
- dental surgery
- gingivodental
- inferior dental artery
- infradental
- interdental
- intradental
- linguo-dental
- maxillodental
- nondental
- orodental
- palatodental
- paradental
- peridental
- postdental
- predental
- pseudodental
- skeletodental
- subdental
- supradental
- teledental
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Translations edit
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Noun edit
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 edit
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References edit
- “dental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “dental”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentals)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dental (feminine dentale, masculine plural dentaux, feminine plural dentales)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Fula edit
Noun edit
dental ngal
Related terms edit
References edit
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin dentālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dental (strong nominative masculine singular dentaler, not comparable)
- dental
- Hypernym: organisch
- (phonetics) dental
- Hyponyms: interdental, labiodental, lamino-dental
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist dental | sie ist dental | es ist dental | sie sind dental | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dentaler | dentale | dentales | dentale |
genitive | dentalen | dentaler | dentalen | dentaler | |
dative | dentalem | dentaler | dentalem | dentalen | |
accusative | dentalen | dentale | dentales | dentale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dentale | die dentale | das dentale | die dentalen |
genitive | des dentalen | der dentalen | des dentalen | der dentalen | |
dative | dem dentalen | der dentalen | dem dentalen | den dentalen | |
accusative | den dentalen | die dentale | das dentale | die dentalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dentaler | eine dentale | ein dentales | (keine) dentalen |
genitive | eines dentalen | einer dentalen | eines dentalen | (keiner) dentalen | |
dative | einem dentalen | einer dentalen | einem dentalen | (keinen) dentalen | |
accusative | einen dentalen | eine dentale | ein dentales | (keine) dentalen |
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
dental (not comparable)
- dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)
Related terms edit
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).
Adjective edit
dental m (feminine singular dentala, masculine plural dentals, feminine plural dentalas)
Related terms edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dente + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dental m or f (plural dentais, not comparable)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
dental f (plural dentais)
Noun edit
dental m (plural dentais)
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Further reading edit
- “dental” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “dental” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “dental” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “dental” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “dental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French dental, from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).
Adjective edit
dental m or n (feminine singular dentală, masculine plural dentali, feminine and neuter plural dentale)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | dental | dentală | dentali | dentale | ||
definite | dentalul | dentala | dentalii | dentalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | dental | dentale | dentali | dentale | ||
definite | dentalului | dentalei | dentalilor | dentalelor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin dentālis.
Noun edit
dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentales)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014