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Etymology
From dentar (“to teeth”) + -dura.
Pronunciation
Noun
dentadura f (plural dentadures)
- dentition
- Synonym: dentat
- denture
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From dentar (“to bite”) + -dura.
Pronunciation
Noun
dentadura f (plural dentaduras)
- dentition
- Synonyms: dentame, dentamia, ferramenta
- denture
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dentadura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dentadura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dentadura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From dentar (“to bite”) + -dura.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: den‧ta‧du‧ra
Noun
dentadura f (plural dentaduras)
- dentition (one’s set of natural teeth)
- Synonym: dentição
- denture (artificial set of teeth)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dentaˈduɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: den‧ta‧du‧ra
Noun
dentadura f (plural dentaduras)
- teeth, dentition (one’s set of natural teeth)
- denture (artificial set of teeth)
- Synonyms: dentadura postiza, placa
Derived terms
Further reading