dental
English
/ˈdɛntəl/, /ˈdɛntl̩/
adj
Definitions
- Of or concerning the teeth, as in dental care.
- Of or concerning dentistry.
- (phonetics) Made with the tongue touching the teeth, as in dental fricative.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dental borrowed from Latin dentālis, dēns (tooth, tusk) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁d-ent- (tooth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁d-ent-
Gloss
tooth
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
歯
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- addental English
- alveolodental English
- antidental English
- apicodental English
- atlantodental English
- bidental English
- care English
- craniodental English
- craniodentally English
- dentalcare English
- dentalism English
- dentality English
- dentally English
- gingivodental English
- infradental English
- interdental English
- interdentally English
- intradental English
- labiodental English
- labiodentalization English
- labiodentally English
- linguo-dental English
- maxillodental English
- nondental English
- orodental English
- palatodental English
- paradental English
- peridental English
- predental English
- pseudodental English
- skeletodental English
- subdental English
- supradental English
- teledental English
- crassidens Latin
- dentalis Latin
- dentarius Latin
- dentatus Latin
- denticulus Latin
- dentālem Latin
- dentālis Latin
- dēns Latin
- inaequidens Latin
- multidentatus Latin
- quadridens Latin
- sexdentatus Latin
- tridens Latin
- dente Italian
- *h₁d-ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃dénts Proto-Indo-European
- dento Ido
- dental Middle French
- dénte Venetian
- diant Dalmatian
- care
- dentally
- addental
- bidental
- dentalism
- dentality
- predental
- orodental
- nondental
- subdental
- dentalcare
- paradental
- peridental
- teledental
- antidental
- intradental
- infradental
- supradental
- apicodental
- labiodental
- interdental
- craniodental
- palatodental
- pseudodental
- maxillodental
- labiodentally
- skeletodental
- atlantodental
- gingivodental
- linguo-dental
- alveolodental
- interdentally
- craniodentally
- labiodentalization