dental

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/, /ˈdɛn.tl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/, /ˈdɛn.tl̩/, [ˈdɛn.(ɾ)əɫ], [ˈdɛɾ̃.əɫ], [ˈdɛn.əɫ], [ˈdɛn.(ɾ)ɫ̩], [ˈdɛɾ̃.ɫ̩], [ˈdɛn.ɫ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)

1. (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.

   Synonyms: toothly, teethly

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.

4. (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

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Translations

Noun

dental (plural dentals)

1. (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.

   Synonym: prophy

2. (phonetics) A dental sound.

Translations

References

• “dental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “dental”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• lanted

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [denˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentals)

1. dental

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Further reading

• “dental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “dental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.tal/

Adjective

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

1. (linguistics) dental

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Further reading

• “dental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Fula

Noun

dental ngal

1. (Pulaar) union, confederation, rally

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References

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

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛnˈtaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

dental (strong nominative masculine singular dentaler, not comparable)

1. dental

   Hypernym: organisch

2. (phonetics) dental

   Hyponyms: interdental, labiodental, lamino-dental

Declension

Interlingua

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

1. dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)

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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

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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

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Noun

dental f (plural dentais)

1. (phonetics) a dental consonant

Noun

dental m (plural dentais)

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Further reading

• “dental”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “dental” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “dental”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “dental”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “dental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

Noun

dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)

1. a dental

   Synonym: zȗbnīk

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtal/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: den‧tal

Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentales)

1. dental

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Further reading

• “dental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10