dentil

English

Dentils in an entablature

Etymology

From French dentille, ultimately from Latin dente, ablative singular of dēns.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: dental

Noun

dentil (plural dentils)

1. (architecture) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.

Derived terms

• dentilated
• dentilation
• dentiled
• dentilled
• interdentil

Translations

a small rectangular block projecting like a tooth from beneath a cornice

• Dutch: tandlijst m
• French: denticule (fr) m
• German: Zahnschnitt m
• Italian: dentello (it) m
• Portuguese: dentículo m
• Russian: денти́кул (ru) m (dentíkul), суха́рик (ru) m (suxárik)
• Spanish: dentellón (es) m, dentículo m
• Swedish: tandsnitt c

Anagrams

• Tilden, Tindle, delint, linted