dente

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See also: Dente, dénte, and denté

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dentem. Compare Portuguese dente and Spanish diente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (western) , (eastern)

Noun

dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth
  2. tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
    Synonyms: galla, puga
  3. clove (of garlic)
  4. jawbone
    Synonym: queixada
Derived terms

References

  • “dente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “dente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “dente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “dente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “dente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

dente

  1. inflection of dentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Noun

dente (plural dentes)

  1. tooth

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin dentem. Doublet of zanna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.te/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: dèn‧te

Noun

dente m (plural denti, diminutive dentìno or dentèllo, augmentative dentóne, pejorative dentàccio, endearing-derogatory dentùccio)

  1. (anatomy) tooth
  2. cog, prong

Related terms

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

dente

  1. ablative singular of dēns

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dente

  1. Alternative form of dint

Etymology 2

Noun

dente

  1. Alternative form of deynte

Adjective

dente

  1. Alternative form of deynte

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem.

Pronunciation

Noun

dente m (plural diente)

  1. tooth

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 108: “un dente marcio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “dente”, in Schedario Napoletano

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem m.

Pronunciation

Noun

dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth

Descendants

  • Galician: dente m
  • Portuguese: dente m

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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dente

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente, from Latin dentem (“tooth”). Compare Galician dente and Spanish diente.

Noun

dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth (hard structure found in the jaws of most vertebrates)
  2. tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
  3. clove (any of the pieces that make up a bulb of garlic)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dente

  1. inflection of dentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

See also

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian gente

Noun

dente m (plural denti)

  1. Alternative form of zente
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