interdental

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ dental.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

interdental (comparative more interdental, superlative most interdental)

1. Pertaining to the space between the teeth.

   It is recommended to use an interdental brush, or dental floss, to clean between the teeth.

2. (phonetics) Pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth.

Translations

pertaining to the space between the teeth

• Catalan: interdental
• Finnish: hammasväli- (fi), hampaiden välinen
• Slovak: medzizubný (sk)
• Spanish: interdental

phonetics: pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth

• Arabic: أَسَلِيّ (ʔasaliyy)
• Catalan: interdental
• Finnish: interdentaalinen (fi), hampaidenvälinen
• Spanish: interdental

Noun

interdental (plural interdentals)

1. (phonetics) A speech sound pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth.
2. (dentistry) A small toothbrush for cleaning in between adjacent teeth.
   • 2012, The Malahat Review, numbers 178-181, page 79:

     After he was struck by lightning, Melnyk suffered chronic problems with his teeth, despite brushing and flossing and using interdentals and even a Water Pic.

Translations

phonetics: type of sound

• Finnish: hammasvälikköäänne

small toothbrush

• Finnish: hammasväliharja (fi)

Catalan

Etymology

From inter- +‎ dental.

Adjective

interdental m or f (masculine and feminine plural interdentals)

1. interdental

Further reading

• “interdental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “interdental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “interdental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “interdental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From inter- +‎ dental.

Adjective

interdental m or n (feminine singular interdentală, masculine plural interdentali, feminine and neuter plural interdentale)

1. interdental

Declension

Declension of interdental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	interdental		interdentală	interdentali	interdentale
	definite	interdentalul		interdentala	interdentalii	interdentalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	interdental		interdentale	interdentali	interdentale
	definite	interdentalului		interdentalei	interdentalilor	interdentalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From inter- +‎ dental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾdenˈtal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧den‧tal

Adjective

interdental m or f (masculine and feminine plural interdentales)

1. interdental

Further reading

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