English Explanatory Dictionary

dental

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or concerning the teeth.
  2. Of or concerning dentistry.
  3. 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.
  4. Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.
noun
  1. Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
  2. A dental sound.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛn.təl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dental.wav [ˈdɛnɾəɫ] [ˈdɛɾ̃əɫ] [ˈdɛnəɫ] [ˈdɛnɾɫ̩] [ˈdɛɾ̃ɫ̩] [ˈdɛnɫ̩]

Word forms

dental more dental most dental dentals

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle French dentalbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Synonyms

toothly teethly prophy

Related words

dentist dentulous edentulous

Derived words

addental alveolodental antidental apicodental atlantodental bidental craniodental dental alveolus dental ape dental arch dental calculus dental cap dental care dentalcare 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

Translations

Arabic: أَسْنَانِيّ Armenian: ատամնային Belarusian: зубны́ Bulgarian: зъ́бен Catalan: dental Czech: zubný Czech: dentální Finnish: dentaalinen French: dental Georgian: კბილისმიერი Georgian: დენტალური German: dental Greek: οδοντικός Hungarian: dentális Icelandic: tannmæltur Irish: déadach Italian: dentale Japanese: 歯音 Polish: zębowy Portuguese: dental Russian: зубно́й Sanskrit: दन्त्य Spanish: dental Swedish: dental Ukrainian: зубни́й Welsh: deintiol
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