incisor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.

/ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incisor.wav

incisor incisors

Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

incise incision

nasoincisor

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on I Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary