carie
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carie f (plural caries)
- (dentistry) decay (uncountable), cavity (countable) (process or result of bone or teeth being gradually decomposed)
- (botany) rot (process of a plant becoming rotten)
- (agriculture) rust (disease of cereals in which the grain is replaced by the spores of a reddish-brown fungus in genus Uredo)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “carie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “carie” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
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Interlingua edit
Noun edit
carie (uncountable)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
carie f (invariable)
Synonyms edit
- (dental caries) carie dentale
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Latin edit
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cariē
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French carie, Latin caries. Doublet of car.
Noun edit
carie f (plural carii)