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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (a tooth) +‎ -ālis (-al, adjectival suffix).

PronunciationEdit

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/, /ˈdɛn.tl̩/
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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

AdjectiveEdit

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

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NounEdit

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.

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EtymologyEdit

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

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dental (masculine and feminine plural dentals)

  1. dental

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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

  1. (linguistics) dental

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

dental (strong nominative masculine singular dentaler, not comparable)

  1. dental

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InterlinguaEdit

AdjectiveEdit

dental (not comparable)

  1. dental, of or pertaining to the teeth

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OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. dental

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns.

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: den‧tal

AdjectiveEdit

dental m or f (plural dentais, not comparable)

  1. dental

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Further readingEdit

  • dental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French dental.

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. dental

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

NounEdit

dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)

  1. a dental

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /denˈtal/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: den‧tal

AdjectiveEdit

dental (plural dentales)

  1. dental

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