dental

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)

  1. (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.
    Synonyms: toothly, teethly
    dental care
  2. (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
  3. (phonetics) 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.
    dental fricative
  4. (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

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Noun

dental (plural dentals)

  1. (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
    Synonym: prophy
  2. (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.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentals)

  1. dental

Derived terms

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dental (feminine dentale, masculine plural dentaux, feminine plural dentales)

  1. (linguistics) dental

Further reading

Fula

Noun

dental ngal

  1. (Pulaar) union, confederation, rally

References

  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dental (strong nominative masculine singular dentaler, not comparable)

  1. dental
    Hypernym: organisch
  2. (phonetics) dental
    Hyponyms: interdental, labiodental, lamino-dental

Declension

Positive forms of dental (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
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

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

  1. dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

Adjective

dental m (feminine singular dentala, masculine plural dentals, feminine plural dentalas)

  1. dental

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: den‧tal

Adjective

dental m or f (plural dentais, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, dentistry) dental (of or concerning teeth, cleaning teeth)
  2. (phonetics) dental

Noun

dental f (plural dentais)

  1. (phonetics) a dental consonant

Noun

dental m (plural dentais)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dental, from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

Adjective

dental m or n (feminine singular dentală, masculine plural dentali, feminine and neuter plural dentale)

  1. dental

Declension

singular plural
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

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

Noun

dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)

  1. a dental
    Synonym: zȗbnīk

Declension

Declension of dental
singular plural
nominative dental dentali
genitive dentala dentala
dative dentalu dentalima
accusative dental dentale
vocative dentale dentali
locative dentalu dentalima
instrumental dentalom dentalima

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /denˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: den‧tal

Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentales)

  1. dental

Derived terms

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