English Online Dictionary. What means dental? What does dental mean?
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)
- (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.
- Synonyms: toothly, teethly
- (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
- (phonetics) Made with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or the alveolar ridge.
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Translations
Noun
dental (plural dentals)
- (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
- Synonym: prophy
- (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): (Valencian) [denˈtal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentals)
- 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, 2024
- “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)
- (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
- (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)
- dental
- Hypernym: organisch
- (phonetics) dental
- Hyponyms: interdental, labiodental, lamino-dental
Declension
Interlingua
Adjective
dental (not comparable)
- 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)
- 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)
- (anatomy, dentistry) dental (of or concerning teeth, cleaning teeth)
- (phonetics) dental
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Noun
dental f (plural dentais)
- (phonetics) a dental consonant
Noun
dental m (plural dentais)
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Further reading
- “dental” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “dental” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “dental” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “dental” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “dental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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)
- dental
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin dentālis.
Noun
dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)
- 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)
- dental
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “dental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014