different between tooth vs fossette

English

Etymology

From Middle English tothe, toth, tooth, from Old English t?þ (“tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?dónts (“tooth”). Related to tusk. Doublet of dent and dens.

Pronunciation

• enPR: to?oth, IPA^(key): /tu??/
• Rhymes: -u??
• Homophone: twoth
• (Wales, Midlands, usually) IPA^(key): /t??/

Noun

tooth (plural teeth)

1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tooth

   Hyponyms: bicuspid, canine, cuspid, incisor, premolar, molar; see also Thesaurus:tooth

2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
4. (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
5. (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
6. (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
7. (figuratively) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).

   Synonyms: fondness, appetite, taste, palate

   • 1693, John Dryden, “The Third Satire of Aulus Persius Flaccus”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis:

     These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth

8. (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.

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Verb

tooth (third-person singular simple present tooths, present participle toothing, simple past and past participle toothed)

1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
   • 1815, William Wordsworth, “The Brothers”:

     His Wife sate near him, teasing matted wool, / While, from the twin cards toothed with glittering wire / He fed the spindle […]

2. To indent; to jag.

   to tooth a saw

3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

Anagrams

• Hotot

Middle English

Noun

tooth

1. Alternative form of tothe

English

Etymology

French, diminutive of fosse (“a fosse”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??s?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??s?t/, /?f??s?t/

Noun

fossette (plural fossettes)

1. A little hollow; a dimple.
2. (medicine) A small, deep-centred ulcer of the transparent cornea.
3. (dentistry) A small depression in the crown of a tooth

Translations

French

Etymology

fosse +? -ette, a diminutive suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?.s?t/

Noun

fossette f (plural fossettes)

1. dimple

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

fossette f

1. plural of fossetta

Anagrams

• fottesse