dental

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/, /ˈdɛn.tl̩/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.təl/, /ˈdɛn.tl̩/, [ˈdɛn.(ɾ)əɫ], [ˈdɛɾ̃.əɫ], [ˈdɛn.əɫ], [ˈdɛn.(ɾ)ɫ̩], [ˈdɛɾ̃.ɫ̩], [ˈdɛn.ɫ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

dental (comparative more dental, superlative most dental)

1. (relational) Of or concerning the teeth.

   Synonyms: toothly, teethly

   dental care

2. (dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry.
3. (phonetics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.

   dental fricative

4. (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

Derived terms

• addental
• alveolodental
• antidental
• apicodental
• atlantodental
• bidental
• craniodental
• dental alveolus
• dental ape
• dental calculus
• dentalcare
• dental caries
• dental clinic
• dental crown
• dental dam
• dental drill
• dental engine
• dental floss
• dental formula
• dental fricative
• dental hygienist
• dental identification
• dentalism
• dentality
• dentalize
• dentally
• dental notation
• dental pelican
• dental pick
• dental spa
• dental surgeon
• dental surgery
• gingivodental
• inferior dental artery
• infradental
• interdental
• intradental
• labiodental
• linguo-dental
• maxillodental
• medicodental
• nondental
• orodental
• palatodental
• paradental
• peridental
• polydental
• postdental
• predental
• pseudodental
• skeletodental
• subdental
• supradental
• teledental

 

Related terms

• dentist
• dentulous
• edentulous

 

Translations

of or concerning the teeth

• Arabic: سِنِّيّ (sinniyy)
• Armenian: ատամնային (atamnayin)
• Belarusian: зубны́ (zubný)
• Bulgarian: зъбен (bg) (zǎben)
• Catalan: dental (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙齒的 / 牙齿的 (zh) (yáchǐ de); 牙的 (zh) (yá de); 齒的 / 齿的 (zh) (chǐ de)

• Czech: zubní (cs)
• Finnish: dentaalinen (fi)
• French: dentaire (fr)
• Galician: dental (gl)
• German: Zahn- (de)
• Greek: οδοντικός (el) (odontikós)
• Icelandic: tann- (is)
• Irish: déadach
• Italian: dentario (it), dentale (it)
• Macedonian: забен (zaben)
• Occitan: dental
• Polish: zębowy (pl)
• Portuguese: dental (pt), dentário (pt)
• Romanian: dentar (ro)
• Russian: зубно́й (ru) (zubnój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зу̑бнӣ

  Roman: zȗbnī (sh)

• Slovak: zubný (sk)
• Slovene: zoben
• Spanish: dental (es)
• Swedish: tand-
• Ukrainian: зубни́й (zubnýj)
• Welsh: deintiol (cy)

of or concerning dentistry

• Armenian: ատամնաբուժական (hy) (atamnabužakan)
• Bulgarian: зъболекарски (zǎbolekarski)
• Catalan: dental (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙醫學的 / 牙医学的 (zh) (yáyīxué de); 牙醫的 / 牙医的 (zh) (yáyī de)

• Czech: zubařský (cs), stomatologický
• Finnish: hammaslääketieteellinen (fi), dentaali-
• French: dentaire (fr)
• German: zahnärztlich (de)
• Greek: οδοντιατρικός (el) (odontiatrikós)
• Hungarian: fogászati (hu)
• Irish: déadach
• Italian: dentario (it), dentale (it)
• Polish: dentystyczny (pl), stomatologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: dentário (pt)
• Russian: стоматологи́ческий (ru) (stomatologíčeskij)
• Slovak: stomatologický, zubársky
• Swedish: tandvårds-
• Welsh: deintyddol (cy)

phonetics

• Arabic: أَسْنَانِيّ (ʔasnāniyy)
• Armenian: ատամնային (atamnayin)
• Catalan: dental (ca)
• Czech: zubný (cs), dentální (cs)
• Finnish: dentaalinen (fi)
• French: dental (fr)
• Georgian: კბილისმიერი (ḳbilismieri), დენტალური (denṭaluri)
• German: dental (de)
• Greek: οδοντικός (el) (odontikós)
• Hungarian: dentális (hu)
• Icelandic: tannmæltur
• Irish: déadach
• Italian: dentale (it)
• Japanese: 歯音 (ja)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 치음(齒音) (ko) (chieum)
• Polish: zębowy (pl)
• Portuguese: dental (pt)
• Russian: зубно́й (ru) (zubnój)
• Sanskrit: दन्त्य (sa) (dantya)
• Spanish: dental (es)
• Swedish: dental (sv)
• Welsh: deintiol (cy)

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• Serbo-Croatian: (3) ^{(please verify)} dental (sh) m, (3) ^{(please verify)} zubnik (sh) m

Noun

dental (plural dentals)

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

   Synonym: prophy

2. (phonetics) A dental sound.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 253:

     'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.

Translations

cleaning of animal's teeth

• Finnish: raspaus (horse)

dental sound

• Czech: zubnice (cs) f, dentála (cs) f
• Finnish: dentaali (fi)
• German: Zahnlaut (de) m, Dental (de) m
• Irish: déadach m
• Portuguese: dental (pt) f

References

• “dental”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “dental”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• lanted

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [denˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

dental m or f (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, 2024
• “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 dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.tal/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. (linguistics) dental

Related terms

• dent
• dentaire

 

Further reading

• “dental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Fula

Noun

dental ngal

1. (Pulaar) union, confederation, rally

Related terms

• dendaangal
• déndingól
• déndinoowo

 

References

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛnˈtaːl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

dental (strong nominative masculine singular dentaler, not comparable)

1. dental

   Hypernym: organisch

2. (phonetics) dental

   Hyponyms: interdental, labiodental, lamino-dental

Declension

Positive forms of dental (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist dental	sie ist dental	es ist dental	sie sind dental
strong declension (without article)	nominative	dentaler	dentale	dentales	dentale
	genitive	dentalen	dentaler	dentalen	dentaler
	dative	dentalem	dentaler	dentalem	dentalen
	accusative	dentalen	dentale	dentales	dentale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der dentale	die dentale	das dentale	die dentalen
	genitive	des dentalen	der dentalen	des dentalen	der dentalen
	dative	dem dentalen	der dentalen	dem dentalen	den dentalen
	accusative	den dentalen	die dentale	das dentale	die dentalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein dentaler	eine dentale	ein dentales	(keine) dentalen
	genitive	eines dentalen	einer dentalen	eines dentalen	(keiner) dentalen
	dative	einem dentalen	einer dentalen	einem dentalen	(keinen) dentalen
	accusative	einen dentalen	eine dentale	ein dentales	(keine) dentalen

Interlingua

Adjective

dental (not comparable)

1. dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)

Related terms

• dente

 

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

Adjective

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

1. dental

Related terms

• dent

 

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dente +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dẽˈtaw/ [dẽˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dẽˈtal/ [dẽˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dẽˈtal/ [dẽˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dẽˈta.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: den‧tal

Adjective

dental m or f (plural dentais, not comparable)

1. (anatomy, dentistry) dental (of or concerning teeth, cleaning teeth)
2. (phonetics) dental

Related terms

• dente

 

Noun

dental f (plural dentais)

1. (phonetics) a dental consonant

Noun

dental m (plural dentais)

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Further reading

• “dental”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “dental” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “dental”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “dental”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “dental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dental, from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

Adjective

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

1. dental

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	dental		dentală		dentali	dentale
	definite	dentalul		dentala		dentalii	dentalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	dental		dentale		dentali	dentale
	definite	dentalului		dentalei		dentalilor	dentalelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dentālis.

Noun

dèntāl m (Cyrillic spelling дѐнта̄л)

1. a dental

   Synonym: zȗbnīk

Declension

Declension of dental

	singular	plural
nominative	dental	dentali
genitive	dentala	dentala
dative	dentalu	dentalima
accusative	dental	dentale
vocative	dentale	dentali
locative	dentalu	dentalima
instrumental	dentalom	dentalima

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtal/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: den‧tal

Adjective

dental m or f (masculine and feminine plural dentales)

1. dental

Derived terms

• adhesivo dental
• aparatos dentales
• hilo dental
• interdental
• seda dental

 

Related terms

• diente

 

Further reading

• “dental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10