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dente

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See also: Dente, dénte, and denté

Corsican

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dentem.

Noun

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dente m (plural denti)

  1. tooth

Further reading

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  • dente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dentem. Compare Portuguese dente and Spanish diente.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (western) [ˈdentɪ], (eastern) [ˈdɛntɪ]

Noun

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dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth
  2. tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
    Synonyms: galla, puga
  3. clove (of garlic)
  4. jawbone
    Synonym: queixada
Derived terms
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References

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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dente

  1. inflection of dentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua

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Noun

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dente (plural dentes)

  1. tooth
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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin dentem. Doublet of zanna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.te/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: dèn‧te

Noun

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dente m (plural denti, diminutive dentìno or dentèllo, augmentative dentóne, pejorative dentàccio, endearing-derogatory dentùccio)

  1. (anatomy) tooth
  2. cog, prong
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Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dente

  1. ablative singular of dēns

References

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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dente

  1. Alternative form of dint

Etymology 2

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Noun

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dente

  1. Alternative form of deynte

Adjective

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dente

  1. Alternative form of deynte

Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dentem.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈrɛndə]

Noun

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dente m (plural diente)

  1. tooth

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 108: “un dente marcio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “dente”, in Schedario Napoletano

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dentem m.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth

Descendants

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  • Fala: denti m
  • Galician: dente m
  • Portuguese: dente m

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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dente

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente, from Latin dentem (tooth). Compare Galician dente and Spanish diente.

Noun

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dente m (plural dentes)

  1. tooth (hard structure found in the jaws of most vertebrates)
  2. tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
  3. clove (any of the pieces that make up a bulb of garlic)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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dente

  1. inflection of dentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

See also

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Venetan

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Etymology

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Compare Italian gente

Noun

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dente m (plural denti)

  1. Alternative form of zente