# dente
## Corsican
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem.

### Noun

dente m (plural denti)
* tooth

### Further reading

* “dente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dentem. Compare Portuguese dente and Spanish diente.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (western) [ˈdentɪ], (eastern) [ˈdɛntɪ]

#### Noun

dente m (plural dentes)
* tooth
* tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
    Synonyms: galla, puga
* clove (of garlic)
* jawbone
    Synonym: queixada

##### Derived terms

* dentabrún
* dentada
* dentadura
* dentamia
* dentar

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dente”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dente
* inflection of dentar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Interlingua
### Noun

dente (plural dentes)
* tooth

#### Related terms

* dental

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin dentem. Doublet of zanna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛn.te/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnte
* Hyphenation: dèn‧te

### Noun

dente m (plural denti, diminutive dentìno or dentèllo, augmentative dentóne, pejorative dentàccio, endearing-derogatory dentùccio)
* (anatomy) tooth
* cog, prong

#### Related terms

* addentare
* al dente
* dentale
* dentario
* dentarolo
* dentata
* dentato
* dentatura
* dente da latte
* dente del giudizio
* dente di leone
* dentello
* dentice
* dentiera
* dentifricio
* dentina
* dentino
* dentista
* dentizione
* dentone
* mal di denti
* sdentare
* sdentato
* spazzolino da denti
* stuzzicadenti

### Anagrams

* tende

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈden.te/, [ˈd̪ɛn̪t̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈden.te/, [ˈd̪ɛn̪t̪e]

### Noun

dente
* ablative singular of dēns

### References

* dente in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

dente
* Alternative form of dint

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dente
* Alternative form of deynte

#### Adjective

dente
* Alternative form of deynte

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem.

### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [ˈrɛndə]

### Noun

dente m (plural diente)
* tooth

### References

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 108: “un dente marcio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
* Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “dente”, in Schedario Napoletano

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem m.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈden.te/

### Noun

dente m (plural dentes)
* tooth

#### Descendants

* Fala: denti m
* Galician: dente m
* Portuguese: dente m

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "dente"

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdẽ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdẽ.tɨ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˈdẽ.ti/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
* Hyphenation: den‧te

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente, from Latin dentem (“tooth”). Compare Galician dente and Spanish diente.

#### Noun

dente m (plural dentes)
* tooth (hard structure found in the jaws of most vertebrates)
* tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
* clove (any of the pieces that make up a bulb of garlic)

##### Derived terms

* armado até os dentes
* bater os dentes
* com unhas e dentes
* dentada
* dentado
* dentadura
* dentar
* dente canino
* dente carniceiro
* dente de alho
* dente de leite
* dente do juízo
* dente do siso
* dente incisivo
* dente molar
* dente permanente
* dente por dente
* dente pré-molar
* dente queixal
* dente-de-cão
* dente-de-cavalo
* dente-de-coelho
* dente-de-gato
* dente-de-leão
* denteado
* dentezinho (diminutive)
* dentinho (diminutive)
* dentuça
* dentuço
* desdentar
* fada dos dentes
* mostrar os dentes
* olho por olho, dente por dente
* por entre os dentes

##### Related terms

* dental
* dentário
* denteira
* dentição
* dentista
* odonto-

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

dente
* inflection of dentar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### See also

* presa

## Venetan
### Etymology

Compare Italian gente

### Noun

dente m (plural denti)
* Alternative form of zente