Dental

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Related terms

English

Etymology

New Latin dentalis, derived from dens "tooth", from Proto-Indo-European *H₁d-ent- "tooth", participle of *H₁ed- "eat", perhaps from an older sense "bite".

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/ˈdɛn(t)əl/	/"dEn(t)@l/

• Hyphenation: den·tal
• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

dental

1. of or concerning the teeth: dental care
2. of or concerning dentistry
3. (linguistics) made with the tongue touching the teeth: dental fricative

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French

Adjective

dental m, dentale f, dentaux m plural, dentales f plural

1. (linguistics) dental

Related terms

• dent
• dentaire

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