denture

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English

Etymology

From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntjə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

denture (plural dentures)

1. a set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
2. an artificial replacement of one or more teeth
3. (often in the plural) a complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth

Usage notes

The use of the term dentures rather than the term false teeth was once considered "non-U".

Synonyms

• (artificial teeth): choppers, false teeth

Derived terms

• denture adhesive
• denture cleanser

Translations

set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit

• Bulgarian: захапка f (zahapka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假牙 (zh) (jiǎyá)

• Dutch: gebit (nl) n
• Finnish: hampaisto (fi), hampaat (fi) pl
• French: dentition (fr) f, denture (fr) f, prothèse dentaire (fr) f
• German: Gebiss (de) n, Zahnprothese f, Prothese (de) f, Zahnersatz (de) m

• Greek: οδοντοστοιχία (el) f (odontostoichía)
• Icelandic: falskar tennur f pl
• Japanese: 義歯 (ぎし, gishi), 入れ歯 (いれば, ireba)
• Maori: niho kēhua
• Portuguese: dentadura f
• Russian: зубно́й проте́з m (zubnój protɛ́z), проте́з (ru) m (protɛ́z), вставна́я че́люсть f (vstavnája čéljustʹ), вставны́е зу́бы m pl (vstavnýje zúby)
• Spanish: dentadura (es) f

artificial replacement of one or more teeth

• Bulgarian: изкуствени зъби pl (izkustveni zǎbi)
• Dutch: gebitsprothese
• Finnish: hammasproteesi (fi)

• German: Zahnersatz (de) m
• Portuguese: dentadura f
• Spanish: dentadura postiza f

complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth

• Bulgarian: чене (bg) n (čene)
• Dutch: kunstgebit (nl) n
• Finnish: hammasproteesi (fi)
• French: dentier (fr) m
• German: Zahnersatz (de) m, die dritten Zähne, künstliche Gebiss n
• Greek: τεχνητή οδοντοστοιχία f (technití odontostoichía), μασέλα (el) f (maséla)

• Icelandic: falskar tennur f pl
• Inuktitut: ᑭᒍᑎᓐᖑᐊᑦ (kigutinnguat)
• Manx: far-eeacklyn f pl
• Portuguese: dentadura f
• Russian: вставная че́люсть f (vstavnaja čéljustʹ)
• Spanish: dentadura postiza f, placa (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: dentiera f (1)

• Slovak: chrup m (1), protéza f (2, 3), umelý chrup m (3)

Anagrams

• detuner, retuned, tenured, untreed