dental
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
dentistry
human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phonetics
phonology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle French dentalbor.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts
Proto-Italic *dents
Latin dēns
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Late Latin dentālisbor.
English dental
Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Base: dēns
Affixes: -ālis
Inflected forms:
form: more dental
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dental
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: dentals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or concerning the teeth.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: dental care
gloss: Of or concerning dentistry.
pos: adj
tags: relational
gloss: 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.
pos: adj
examples: dental fricative
gloss: Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.
pos: adj
tags: uncommon
gloss: Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
pos: noun
gloss: A dental sound.
pos: noun
examples: 'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.
Related words: dentist
dentulous
edentulous
Derived words: addental
alveolodental
antidental
apicodental
atlantodental
bidental
craniodental
dental alveolus
dental ape
dental arch
dental calculus
dental cap
dental care
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 plate
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
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: dhëmbor
lang: Arabic
word: أَسْنَانِيّ
roman: ʔasnāniyy
lang: Armenian
word: ատամնային
roman: atamnayin
lang: Belarusian
word: зубны́
roman: zubný
lang: Bulgarian
word: зъ́бен
roman: zǎ́ben
lang: Catalan
word: dental
lang: Czech
word: zubný
lang: Czech
word: dentální
lang: Finnish
word: dentaalinen
lang: French
word: dental
lang: Georgian
word: კბილისმიერი
roman: ḳbilismieri
lang: Georgian
word: დენტალური
roman: denṭaluri
lang: German
word: dental
lang: Greek
word: οδοντικός
roman: odontikós
lang: Hungarian
word: dentális
lang: Icelandic
word: tannmæltur
lang: Irish
word: déadach
lang: Italian
word: dentale
lang: Japanese
word: 歯音
roman: shion
lang: Kashmiri
word: دٔنٛدؠ
roman: dạnd'
lang: Polish
word: zębowy
lang: Portuguese
word: dental
lang: Russian
word: зубно́й
roman: zubnój
lang: Sanskrit
word: दन्त्य
roman: dantya
lang: Spanish
word: dental
lang: Swedish
word: dental
lang: Ukrainian
word: зубни́й
roman: zubnýj
lang: Welsh
word: deintiol