See also: Dente, dénte, and denté

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dentem. Compare Portuguese dente and Spanish diente.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (western) [ˈdentɪ], (eastern) [ˈdɛntɪ]

Noun edit

dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth
  2. tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
    Synonyms: galla, puga
  3. clove (of garlic)
  4. jawbone
    Synonym: queixada
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • dente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • dente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • dente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • dente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • dente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

dente

  1. inflection of dentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua edit

Noun edit

dente (plural dentes)

  1. tooth

Related terms edit

Italian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin dentem. Doublet of zanna.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.te/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: dèn‧te

Noun edit

dente m (plural denti, diminutive dentìno or dentèllo, augmentative dentóne, pejorative dentàccio, endearing-derogatory dentùccio)

  1. (anatomy) tooth
  2. cog, prong

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Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Noun edit

dente

  1. ablative singular of dēns

References edit

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

dente

  1. Alternative form of dint

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

dente

  1. Alternative form of deynte

Adjective edit

dente

  1. Alternative form of deynte

Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin dentem.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈrɛndə]

Noun edit

dente m (plural diente)

  1. tooth

References edit

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 108: “un dente marcio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “dente”, in Schedario Napoletano

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin dentem m.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth

Descendants edit

  • Galician: dente m
  • Portuguese: dente m

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Etymology 1 edit

 
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dente

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente, from Latin dentem (tooth). Compare Galician dente and Spanish diente.

Noun edit

dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth (hard structure found in the jaws of most vertebrates)
  2. tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
  3. clove (any of the pieces that make up a bulb of garlic)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

dente

  1. inflection of dentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

See also edit

Venetian edit

Etymology edit

Compare Italian gente

Noun edit

dente m (plural denti)

  1. Alternative form of zente