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English

Noun

dentel (plural dentels)

1. Alternative form of dentil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dent?lis, from d?ns (“a tooth”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?n.t?l/, /?d?n.tl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?n.tl?/, [?d?n.(?)??], [?d???.??]
• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Adjective

dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)

1. (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.

   Synonyms: toothly, teethly

2. (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
3. (phonetics) Made with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or the alveolar ridge.

Derived terms

Related terms

• dentist
• dentulous
• edentulous

Translations

Noun

dental (plural dentals)

1. (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.

   Synonym: prophy

2. (phonetics) A dental sound.

Translations

References

• “dental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “dental”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• lanted

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens. Equivalent to dent +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /d?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /den?tal/

Adjective

dental (masculine and feminine plural dentals)

1. 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.
• “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 dentalis, from Latin dens. Equivalent to dent +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.tal/

Adjective

dental (feminine singular dentale, masculine plural dentaux, feminine plural dentales)

1. (linguistics) dental

Related terms

• dent
• dentaire

Further reading

• “dental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?n?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

1. dental

Declension

Interlingua

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

1. dental, of or pertaining to the teeth

Related terms

• dente

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Adjective

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

1. dental

Related terms

• dent

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /d??ta?/

Adjective

dental m or f (plural dentais, comparable)

1. dental

Related terms

• dente

Further reading

• “dental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French dental.

Adjective

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

1. dental

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dènt?l m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. a dental

Declension

Synonyms

• z?bn?k

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /den?tal/, [d??n??t?al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

dental (plural dentales)

1. dental

Derived terms

Related terms

• diente

Further reading

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