carie
See also: carié, caríe, cárie, and Carie
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caries.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁi/
- Homophone: Carie
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Noun
carie f (plural caries)
- (dentistry) decay (uncountable), cavity (countable) (process or result of bone or teeth being gradually decomposed)
- (botany) rot (process of a plant becoming rotten)
- (agriculture) rust (disease of cereals in which the grain is replaced by the spores of a reddish-brown fungus in genus Uredo)
Derived terms
- carier
Further reading
- “carie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “carie” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Anagrams
- acier
- craie
- créai
- écria
Interlingua
Noun
carie (uncountable)
- caries, decay
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caries.
Noun
carie f (invariable)
- decay, caries, cavity (of the teeth)
- (botany) rot
- (pathology) caries (of bones)
Synonyms
- (dental caries) carie dentale
Related terms
- cariare, cariarsi
- cariato
Anagrams
- -icare, aceri, cerai, creai, erica, irace, recai
Latin
Noun
cariē
- ablative singular of cariēs
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French carie, Latin caries. Doublet of car.
Noun
carie f (plural carii)
- dental cavity, tooth decay, caries
See also
- car