dente

dente

See also: Dente, dénte, and denté

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese dente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dentem, the singular accusative of dēns.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

• dentabrún
• dentada
• dentadura
• dentamia
• dentar

 

References

• “dente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “dente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “dente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “dente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “dente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Interlingua

Noun

dente (plural dentes)

1. tooth

Related terms

• dental

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin dēns. Doublet of zanna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.te/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: dèn‧te

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. cog, prong

Related terms

• addentare
• al dente
• dentale
• dentario
• dentarolo
• dentata
• dentato
• dentatura
• dente da latte
• dente del giudizio
• dente di leone
• dentello
• dentice
• dentiera
• dentifricio
• dentina
• dentino
• dentista
• dentizione
• dentone
• al dente
• mal di denti
• sdentare
• sdentato
• spazzolino da denti
• stuzzicadenti

Anagrams

• tende

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Latin

Noun

dente

1. ablative singular of dēns

References

• dente in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Middle English

Noun

dente

1. Alternative form of dint

Noun

dente

1. Alternative form of deynte

Adjective

dente

1. Alternative form of deynte

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin dēns, dente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛntɐ/

Noun

dente m (plural diente)

1. tooth

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.t(ɨ)/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.ti/
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: den‧te

Etymology 1

dente

From Old Portuguese dente, from Latin dentem (“tooth”).

Noun

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

• armado até os dentes
• bater os dentes
• com unhas e dentes
• dentada
• dentado
• dentadura
• dentar
• denteado
• dente canino
• dente carniceiro
• dente de coelho
• dente de leite
• dente do juízo
• dente do siso
• dente incisivo
• dente molar
• dente permanente
• dente por dente
• dente pré-molar
• dente queiro
• dentezinho (diminutive)
• dentinho (diminutive)
• dentuça
• dentuço
• desdentar
• fada dos dentes
• mostrar os dentes
• olho por olho, dente por dente
• por entre os dentes

 

Related terms

• dental
• dentário
• denteira
• dentição
• dentista
• odonto-

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dente

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

See also

• presa

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian gente

Noun

dente m (plural denti)

1. Alternative form of zente