premolar
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Noun
premolar (plural premolars)
- A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares)
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
- He opened and let out a hogo of medicinal rum and beer. The bad tooth was a premolar.
Synonyms
- (a tooth): bicuspid
Translations
tooth
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Adjective
premolar (not comparable)
- Before a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
premolar m (definite singular premolaren, indefinite plural premolarer, definite plural premolarene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
premolar m (definite singular premolaren, indefinite plural premolarar, definite plural premolarane)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French prémolaire.
Noun
premolar m (plural premolari)
Declension
Declension of premolar
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) premolar | premolarul | (niște) premolari | premolarii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) premolar | premolarului | (unor) premolari | premolarilor |
| vocative | premolarule | premolarilor | ||
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
premolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural premolares)
Further reading
- “premolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16