different between dentil vs lentil

dentil

English

Etymology

From French dentille, ultimately from Latin dente, ablative singular of d?ns.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: dental

Noun

dentil (plural dentils)

  1. (architecture) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.

Anagrams

  • Tilden, Tindle, delint, linted

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lentil

English

Etymology

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of l?ns, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by German Linse and Ancient Greek ??????? (láthuros). Doublet of lenticula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?l?nt?l/
  • Rhymes: -?nt?l
  • Hyphenation: len?til

Noun

lentil (plural lentils)

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
  2. The seed of these plants, used as food.

Related terms

  • lens
  • lenticular

Translations

See also

  • split pea

Anagrams

  • Lintel, lintel, tellin, tellin'

Middle English

Noun

lentil

  1. Alternative form of lentile

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