caries
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɛə.ɹiːz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ɹiz/
- (with Mary–marry–merry merger and happy tensing) Homophones: carries, karris
- Hyphenation: car‧ies
Noun edit
caries (countable and uncountable, plural caries)
- The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.
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Derived terms edit
Translations edit
progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
caries
- third-person singular simple present indicative of cary
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
caries f
Verb edit
caries
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From careō (“to lack”) + -iēs.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.ri.eːs/, [ˈkärieːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.ri.es/, [ˈkäːries]
Noun edit
cariēs f (genitive cariēī); fifth declension
Declension edit
Fifth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cariēs | cariēs |
Genitive | cariēī | cariērum |
Dative | cariēī | cariēbus |
Accusative | cariem | cariēs |
Ablative | cariē | cariēbus |
Vocative | cariēs | cariēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit
- “caries”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caries”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caries in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caries f (plural caries)
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Further reading edit
- “caries”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014