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dent
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: d?nt, IPA(key): /d?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). More at dint.
Noun
dent (plural dents)
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
Translations
Verb
dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)
- (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
- (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.
Translations
Etymology 2
French, from Latin dens, dentis, tooth. Doublet of tooth.
Noun
dent (plural dents)
- (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed
Anagrams
- 'tend, tend
Catalan
Etymology
With change of gender from Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns m.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?dent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?den/
Noun
dent f (plural dents)
- (anatomy) tooth
- tooth (saw tooth)
- tooth (gear tooth)
Derived terms
Related terms
- dentadura
- dental
- dentista
Further reading
- “dent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “dent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French dent, with change of gender from Old French dent m, from Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Homophones: dam, dams, dans, dents
Noun
dent f (plural dents)
- tooth
- cog (tooth on a gear)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tend
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dent/, [d??n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dent/, [d??n?t?]
Verb
dent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of d?, "they may give"
Lombard
Etymology
From dente.
Noun
dent
- tooth
Middle English
Noun
dent
- Alternative form of dint
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French dent.
Noun
dent f (plural dens)
- tooth
Descendants
- French: dent
Norman
Etymology
From Old French dent, from Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.
Pronunciation
Noun
dent m (plural dents)
- (anatomy) tooth
Derived terms
- brînge à dents (“toothbrush”)
Related terms
- denchive (“gum”)
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns. Attested from the 12th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
dent f (plural dents)
- tooth
Related terms
References
Old French
Etymology
From Latin d?ns, dente
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?nt]
- Rhymes: -ent
Noun
dent m (oblique plural denz or dentz, nominative singular denz or dentz, nominative plural dent)
- (anatomy, of a comb) tooth
Descendants
- French: dent
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??t/
Noun
dent m (plural dent)
- tooth
Derived terms
- dentin
- denton
- dentera
- dentista
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) daint
Etymology
From Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.
Noun
dent m (plural dents)
- (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) tooth
Derived terms
- pasta da dents (“toothpaste”)
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crater
English
Etymology 1
First coined 1613, from Latin cr?t?r (“basin”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kr?t?r, “mixing-bowl, wassail-bowl”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?e?.t?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?e?.t?/
- Rhymes: -e?t?(r)
Noun
crater (plural craters)
- (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. [from 1831]
- Synonym: astrobleme
- (geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]
- The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. [from 1839]
- (informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
- (historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”)
- 1941, Louis MacNeice, The March of the 10,000:
- The people of those parts lived in underground houses - more of dug-outs - along with their goats and sheep and they had great craters full of wine, barley-wine, that they drank through reeds.
- 1941, Louis MacNeice, The March of the 10,000:
Hyponyms
Derived terms
See also
- machtesh
- caldera
Translations
References
- crater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
crater (third-person singular simple present craters, present participle cratering, simple past and past participle cratered)
- To form craters in a surface.
- To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
- Synonyms: implode, hollow out
- (snowboarding) To crash or fall.
Translations
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /?k?e?.t??/
Noun
crater (plural craters)
- (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature.
- 1872, Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree
- Then why not stop for fellow-craters -- going to thy own father's house too, as we be, and knowen us so well?
- 1872, Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree
Usage notes
This term is still commonly used in speech but rarely appears in modern writing.
Anagrams
- Carter, arrect, carter, tracer
Latin
Alternative forms
- cr?t?ra
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (kr?t?r, “mixingbowl, wassail-bowl”), from ????????? (keránnumi, “to mix, to mingle, to blend”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kra?.te?r/, [?k?ä?t?e?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kra.ter/, [?k???t??r]
Noun
cr?t?r m (genitive cr?t?ris or cr?t?ros); third declension
- A basin or bowl for water or for mixing.
- The opening of a volcano.
Declension
Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant).
Descendants
- ? English: crater
- ? Finnish: krateeri
- ? French: cratère
- ? German: Krater
- ? Serbo-Croatian: ???????
- ? Russian: ??????? (kráter)
- ? Spanish: cráter
References
- crater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- crater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crater in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crater in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- crater in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
From French cratère
Noun
crater n (plural cratere)
- crater
Declension
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