denture

English

Etymology

From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntjə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ)

Noun

denture (plural dentures)

1. A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.
2. An artificial replacement of one or more teeth.
3. (often in the plural) A complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth.

Usage notes

The use of the term dentures rather than the term false teeth was once considered “non-U”.

Synonyms

• (artificial teeth): choppers, false teeth

Derived terms

• denture adhesive
• denture cleanser
• denture cream
• denture powder
• denturism
• denturist
• overdenture

Translations

set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit

• Armenian: ատամնաշար (hy) (atamnašar)
• Bulgarian: захапка f (zahapka)
• Catalan: dentadura (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏅᏙᏍᏗ (didanvdosdi)
• Dutch: gebit (nl) n
• Finnish: hampaisto (fi), hampaat (fi) pl
• French: dentition (fr) f, denture (fr) f, prothèse dentaire (fr) f
• German: Gebiss (de) n, Zahnprothese (de) f, Prothese (de) f, Zahnersatz (de) m
• Greek: οδοντοστοιχία (el) f (odontostoichía)
• Hungarian: fogsor (hu)
• Kashubian: gebis m
• Maori: niho kēhua
• Portuguese: dentadura (pt) f
• Spanish: dentadura (es) f
• Swedish: bett (sv) n, tanduppsättning c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

artificial replacement of one or more teeth

• Bulgarian: изкуствени зъби pl (izkustveni zǎbi)
• Catalan: dentadura postissa f, pròtesi dental m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假牙 (zh) (jiǎyá)

• Dutch: gebitsprothese
• Finnish: hammasproteesi (fi)
• German: Zahnersatz (de) m
• Hungarian: műfog (hu), fogbeültetés, fogimplantátum, műfogsor (hu)
• Icelandic: falskar tennur f pl
• Irish: cíor fiacla f, déadchíor f
• Japanese: 義歯 (ja) (ぎし, gishi), 入れ歯 (ja) (いれば, ireba)
• Korean: 의치(義齒) (ko) (uichi)
• Malay: gigi palsu
• Portuguese: dentadura (pt) f
• Russian: зубно́й проте́з m (zubnój protɛ́z), проте́з (ru) m (protɛ́z), вставны́е зу́бы m pl (vstavnýje zúby)
• Spanish: dentadura postiza f
• Swedish: tandprotes c

complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth — see also false teeth

• Bulgarian: чене (bg) n (čene)
• Dutch: kunstgebit (nl) n
• Finnish: hammasproteesi (fi)
• French: dentier (fr) m
• German: Zahnersatz (de) m, die dritten Zähne, künstliche Gebiss n
• Greek: τεχνητή οδοντοστοιχία f (technití odontostoichía), μασέλα (el) f (maséla)
• Iban: ngeli batu
• Icelandic: falskar tennur f pl
• Inuktitut: ᑭᒍᑎᓐᖑᐊᑦ (kicotinngoat)
• Malay: gigi palsu
• Manx: far-eeacklyn f pl
• Norwegian: gebiss
• Plautdietsch: Jebiss n
• Polish: proteza (pl) f
• Portuguese: dentadura (pt) f
• Russian: вставна́я че́люсть f (vstavnája čéljustʹ)
• Spanish: dentadura postiza f, placa (es) f
• Swedish: tandprotes c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} dentiera (it) f (1)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} chrup m (1), ^{(please verify)} protéza f (2, 3), ^{(please verify)} umelý chrup m (3)

Anagrams

• detuner, retuned, tenured, untreed

French

Noun

denture f (plural dentures)

1. denture

Further reading

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