different between heterodont vs echt

English

Etymology

From hetero- (prefix meaning ‘different’) +? -odont (suffix meaning ‘tooth; toothed’). Hetero- is derived from Ancient Greek ?????? (héteros, “one or the other of two; different”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together; one”); while -odont is from Ancient Greek ????? (odoús, “tooth; tusk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ed- (“to bite”) + *-ónts (suffix forming nouns denoting body parts). Synchronically, hetero- +? -odont

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?t????d?nt/, /?h?t???d?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?t????d?nt/, /?h?t??-/, [-????-], [-???-]
• Hyphenation: he?te?ro?dont

Adjective

heterodont (not comparable)

1. (zootomy) Having teeth of different types (like most mammals).

   Antonym: homodont

   Coordinate term: isodont
2. (malacology) Of bivalves or their hinge teeth: having two to three wedge-shaped cardinal teeth set in the centre near the umbones, generally also with elongated lateral teeth on the anterior and posterior margins.

   Coordinate terms: anodont, desmodont, dysodont, isodont, pachyodont, schizodont, taxodont

Derived terms

• heterodontism
• heterodonty

Related terms

Translations

See also

• diphyodont
• monophyodont
• polyphyodont

Noun

heterodont (plural heterodonts)

1. (zoology) A heterodont animal.
   1. (malacology) A heterodont bivalve.
2. A snake of the genus Heterodon which is native to North America.

Derived terms

• palaeoheterodont

Translations

References

Further reading

• heterodont on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hinge teeth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Heterodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Heterodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Romanian

Etymology

From French hétérodont.

Adjective

heterodont m or n (feminine singular heterodont?, masculine plural heterodon?i, feminine and neuter plural heterodonte)

1. heterodont

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German echt (“real”). The German term originates from Middle Low German echt (“lawful, genuine”), contraction of ehacht, variant form of ehaft (“lawful, pertaining to the law”) from ê(e) (“law, marriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kt/

Adjective

echt (comparative more echt, superlative most echt)

1. proper, real, genuine, true to type
   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, Penguin, p.8

     I had heard [the phrase] in Lamb House, Rye, but it was less echt Henry James than Henry James mocking echt Meredith.

Translations

Anagrams

• Chet, Tech., chet, etch, hect-, tech

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xt/
• Hyphenation: echt
• Rhymes: -?xt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch echt, from Old Dutch *?haft, from Proto-West Germanic *aiwahaft.

Adjective

echt (comparative echter, superlative echtst)

1. authentic, true, genuine, real

   Synonyms: waar, heus

   Antonyms: onecht, nep, vals

Inflection

Derived terms

• echtheid
• onecht
• in het echt

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eg

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

echt m (uncountable)

1. The institution marriage, matrimony.

   Synonym: huwelijk

Derived terms

• echtelijk
• echtgelofte
• echtgenoot
• echtscheiding

German

Alternative forms

• ächt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German echt, borrowed from Middle Low German echt (“lawful, genuine”). The original form is Middle Low German ?haft (“lawful”), from ? (“law”) (related to modern Ehe); then ?hacht by the Low German development -ft- ? -cht- (compare Nichte); and eventually contracted into echt. Cognate to Old High German ?haft (“honourable”) and Dutch echt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?çt/
• Rhymes: -?çt

Adjective

echt (comparative echter, superlative am echtesten)

1. authentic, genuine, true

2. (chiefly colloquial) real; factual

   Synonyms: wirklich, tatsächlich

3. (mathematics) proper

Declension

Synonyms

• (real): wirklich

Derived terms

• echtgolden
• Echtheit
• echt jetzt
• echtsilbern
• in echt
• waschecht

Descendants

• ? English: echt

Adverb

echt

1. (chiefly colloquial) really; indeed

Synonyms

• wirklich

Further reading

• “echt” in Duden online