dental

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/

  • Audio (UK)

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• (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)

1. (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.

   dental care

   Synonyms: toothly, teethly

2. (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
3. (phonetics) Made with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or the alveolar ridge.

   dental fricative

Derived terms

• addental
• alveolodental
• antidental
• apicodental
• atlantodental
• bidental
• craniodental
• dental alveolus
• dental calculus
• dentalcare
• dental caries
• dental clinic
• dental crown
• dental dam
• dental drill
• dental engine
• dental floss
• dental formula
• dental fricative
• dental hygienist
• dental identification
• dentality
• dentally
• dental notation
• dental pelican
• dental pick
• dental spa
• dental surgeon
• dental surgery
• gingivodental
• inferior dental artery
• infradental
• interdental
• intradental
• linguodental
• maxillodental
• nondental
• orodental
• palatodental
• paradental
• peridental
• postdental
• predental
• pseudodental
• skeletodental
• subdental
• supradental
• teledental

 

Related terms

• dentist
• dentulous
• edentulous

Translations

of or concerning the teeth

• Arabic: سِنِّيّ‎ (sinniyy)
• Armenian: ատամնային (atamnayin)
• Belarusian: зубны́ (zubný)
• Bulgarian: зъбен (bg) (zǎben)
• Catalan: dental (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙齒的 (zh), 牙齿的 (zh) (yáchǐ de); 牙的 (zh) (yá de); 齒的 (zh), 齿的 (zh) (chǐ de)

• Czech: zubní (cs)
• Finnish: dentaalinen (fi)
• French: dentaire (fr)
• Galician: dental
• German: Zahn- (de)
• Greek: οδοντικός (el) (odontikós)
• Icelandic: tann- (is)
• Irish: déadach

• Italian: dentario (it), dentale (it)
• Macedonian: забен (zaben)
• Occitan: dental
• Polish: zębowy (pl)
• Portuguese: dental (pt), dentário (pt)
• Romanian: dentar (ro)
• Russian: зубно́й (ru) (zubnój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зу̑бнӣ

  Roman: zȗbnī (sh)

• Slovak: zubný (sk)
• Slovene: zoben
• Spanish: dental (es)
• Swedish: tand-
• Ukrainian: зубни́й (zubnýj)
• Welsh: deintiol (cy)

of or concerning dentistry

• Armenian: ատամնաբուժական (hy) (atamnabužakan)
• Bulgarian: зъболекарски (zǎbolekarski)
• Catalan: dental (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙醫學的 (zh), 牙医学的 (zh) (yáyīxué de); 牙醫的 (zh), 牙医的 (zh) (yáyī de)

• Czech: zubařský, stomatologický
• Finnish: hammaslääketieteellinen (fi), dentaali-
• French: dentaire (fr)

• German: zahnärztlich (de)
• Greek: οδοντιατρικός (el) (odontiatrikós)
• Hungarian: fogászati
• Irish: déadach
• Italian: dentario (it), dentale (it)
• Polish: dentystyczny (pl), stomatologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: dentário (pt)
• Russian: стоматологи́ческий (ru) (stomatologíčeskij)
• Slovak: stomatologický, zubársky
• Swedish: tandvårds-
• Welsh: deintyddol (cy)

phonetics

• Arabic: أَسْنَانِيّ‎ (ʾasnāniyy)
• Armenian: ատամնային (atamnayin)
• Catalan: dental (ca)
• Czech: dentála f, zubnice (cs) f
• Finnish: dentaalinen (fi)
• French: dental (fr)
• Georgian: კბილისმიერი (ḳbilismieri), დენტალური (denṭaluri)
• Greek: οδοντικός (el) (odontikós)
• Hungarian: dentális (hu)
• Icelandic: tannmæltur
• Irish: déadach

• Italian: dentale (it)
• Japanese: 歯音
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 치음(齒音) (ko) (chieum)
• Polish: zębowy (pl)
• Portuguese: dental (pt)
• Russian: зубно́й (ru) (zubnój)
• Sanskrit: दन्त्य (sa) (dantya)
• Spanish: dental (es)
• Swedish: dental (sv)
• Welsh: deintiol (cy)

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: (3) ^{(please verify)} dental (sh) m, (3) ^{(please verify)} zubnik (sh) m

Noun

dental (plural dentals)

1. (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.

   Synonym: prophy

2. (phonetics) A dental sound.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 253:

     'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.

Translations

cleaning of animal's teeth

• Finnish: raspaus (horse)

dental sound

• Finnish: dentaali (fi)
• German: Zahnlaut (de) m

• Irish: déadach m
• Portuguese: dental (pt) f

References

• “dental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “dental”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lanted

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens. Equivalent to dent +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /dənˈtal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /denˈtal/

Adjective

dental (masculine and feminine plural dentals)

1. dental

Derived terms

• interdental

Related terms

• dent

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, 2022
• “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.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens. Equivalent to dent +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.tal/

• Audio

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Adjective

dental (feminine dentale, masculine plural dentaux, feminine plural dentales)

1. (linguistics) dental

Related terms

• dent
• dentaire

Further reading

• “dental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛnˈtaːl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

dental (strong nominative masculine singular dentaler, not comparable)

1. dental

Declension

Positive forms of dental (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist dental	sie ist dental	es ist dental	sie sind dental
strong declension (without article)	nominative	dentaler	dentale	dentales	dentale
	genitive	dentalen	dentaler	dentalen	dentaler
	dative	dentalem	dentaler	dentalem	dentalen
	accusative	dentalen	dentale	dentales	dentale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der dentale	die dentale	das dentale	die dentalen
	genitive	des dentalen	der dentalen	des dentalen	der dentalen
	dative	dem dentalen	der dentalen	dem dentalen	den dentalen
	accusative	den dentalen	die dentale	das dentale	die dentalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein dentaler	eine dentale	ein dentales	(keine) dentalen
	genitive	eines dentalen	einer dentalen	eines dentalen	(keiner) dentalen
	dative	einem dentalen	einer dentalen	einem dentalen	(keinen) dentalen
	accusative	einen dentalen	eine dentale	ein dentales	(keine) dentalen

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Interlingua

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

1. dental, of or pertaining to the teeth

Related terms

• dente

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Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Adjective

dental m (feminine singular dentala, masculine plural dentals, feminine plural dentalas)

1. dental

Related terms

• dent

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /dẽˈtaw/, [dẽˈtaʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /dẽˈtal/, [dẽˈtaɫ]

• Hyphenation: den‧tal
• Rhymes: -al, -aw

Adjective

dental m or f (plural dentais, not comparable)

1. dental

Related terms

• dente

Further reading

• “dental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French dental.

Adjective

dental m or n (feminine singular dentală, masculine plural dentali, feminine and neuter plural dentale)

1. dental

Declension

Declension of dental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	dental		dentală	dentali	dentale
	definite	dentalul		dentala	dentalii	dentalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	dental		dentale	dentali	dentale
	definite	dentalului		dentalei	dentalilor	dentalelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)

1. a dental

Declension

Declension of dental

	singular	plural
nominative	dental	dentali
genitive	dentala	dentala
dative	dentalu	dentalima
accusative	dental	dentale
vocative	dentale	dentali
locative	dentalu	dentalima
instrumental	dentalom	dentalima

Synonyms

• zȗbnīk

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtal/, [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

dental (plural dentales)

1. dental

Derived terms

• hilo dental
• interdental
• seda dental

 

Related terms

• diente

Further reading

• “dental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014