different between teeth vs teethe

English

Etymology

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English t?þ, nominative plural of t?þ, from earlier *tœ?þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dóntes, nominative plural of *h?dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

teeth

1. plural of tooth

Noun

teeth pl (plural only)

1. (informal) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

Synonyms

• (plural of "tooth"): chompers, pearly whites, Hampstead Heath
• (ability to be enforced): enforceability

Derived terms

Verb

teeth (third-person singular simple present teeths, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)

1. Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
   • 1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies (page 81)

     Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby.

See also

• toothless

English

Alternative forms

• teeth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tethen, from Old English t?þan (“to teethe”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþijan? (“to teethe”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”). Cognate with German zähnen (“to provide with teeth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?ð/
• Rhymes: -i?ð

Verb

teethe (third-person singular simple present teethes, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)

1. (intransitive) To grow teeth.

   Babies typically start teething at about six months.

2. (intransitive) To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.

   She'll teethe on anything that she can get into her mouth.

Synonyms

• (grow teeth): dentize, cut new teeth, breed teeth

Derived terms

• teething ring

Translations