# dental
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɛn.təl/, /ˈdɛn.tl̩/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /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)
* (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.
    Synonyms: toothly, teethly
    dental care
* (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
* (phonetics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.
    dental fricative
* (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

#### Derived terms

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

#### Related terms

* dentist
* dentulous
* edentulous

#### Translations

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### Noun

dental (plural dentals)
* (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
    Synonym: prophy
* (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
### References

* “dental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “dental”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* lanted

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [dənˈtal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [denˈtal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentals)
* 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, 2025
* “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.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑ̃.tal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Related terms

* dent
* dentaire

### Further reading

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

## Fula
### Noun

dental ngal
* (Pulaar) union, confederation, rally

#### Related terms

* dendaangal
* déndingól
* déndinoowo

### References

* M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

## German
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛnˈtaːl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

dental (strong nominative masculine singular dentaler, not comparable)
* dental
    Hypernym: organisch
* (phonetics) dental
    Hyponyms: interdental, labiodental, lamino-dental

#### Declension
## Interlingua
### Adjective

dental (not comparable)
* dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)

#### Related terms

* dente

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

### Adjective

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

#### Related terms

* dent

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dente +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /dẽˈtaw/ [dẽˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dẽˈtal/ [dẽˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dẽˈtal/ [dẽˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dẽˈta.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: den‧tal

### Adjective

dental m or f (plural dentais, not comparable)
* (anatomy, dentistry) dental (of or concerning teeth, cleaning teeth)
* (phonetics) dental

#### Related terms

* dente

### Noun

dental f (plural dentais)
* (phonetics) a dental consonant

### Noun

dental m (plural dentais)
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### Further reading

* “dental”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “dental” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “dental”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “dental”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “dental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dental, from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

### Noun

dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)
* a dental
    Synonym: zȗbnīk

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /denˈtal/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: den‧tal

### Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentales)
* dental

#### Derived terms

* adhesivo dental
* aparatos dentales
* hilo dental
* interdental
* seda dental

#### Related terms

* diente

### Further reading

* “dental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10