English Online Dictionary. What means teeth? What does teeth mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiːθ/
- Rhymes: -iːθ
Noun
teeth
- plural of tooth
Noun
teeth pl (plural only)
- (informal) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
Synonyms
- (plural of "tooth"): chompers, pearly whites, Hampstead Heath
- (ability to be enforced): enforceability
Derived terms
Verb
teeth (third-person singular simple present teeths, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)
- Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
See also
- toothless