teether

English

Etymology

From teethe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

teether (plural teethers)

1. A device given to infants to help soothe inflamed gums during teething, often filled with a fluid or gel that can be frozen or refrigerated.

   Hypernym: chew toy

   Hyponym: teething ring

2. One who teethes.
   • 2010, Heidi Murkoff, What To Expect The 1st Year:

     If your baby is an early or late teether now, the same is likely to be true with the second set of teeth.

Translations

device given to infants to help soothe inflamed gums during teething

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: عَضَّاضة f (ʕaḍḍāḍa)

• Bengali: নোলা (bn) (nōla)
• Catalan: bergansí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙齿咬环

• Finnish: purulelu (fi)
• German: Beißring (de) m
• Italian: massaggiagengive
• Malay: gegigit
• Polish: gryzak (pl) m
• Portuguese: mordedor m
• Russian: зубное кольцо́ (zubnoje kolʹcó)
• Serbo-Croatian: глођа f, glođa (sh) f
• Spanish: mordedor (es)