dente

See also: Dente, dénte, and denté

Corsican

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem.

Noun

dente m (plural denti)

1. tooth

Further reading

• “dente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dentem. Compare Portuguese dente and Spanish diente.

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dente”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

dente

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

Interlingua

Noun

dente (plural dentes)

1. tooth

Related terms

• dental

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dentem. 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
• mal di denti
• sdentare
• sdentato
• spazzolino da denti
• stuzzicadenti

Anagrams

• tende

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈden.te/, [ˈd̪ɛn̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈden.te/, [ˈd̪ɛn̪t̪e]

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)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dente

1. Alternative form of dint

Etymology 2

Noun

dente

1. Alternative form of deynte

Adjective

dente

1. Alternative form of deynte

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛndə]

Noun

dente m (plural diente)

1. tooth

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 108: “un dente marcio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “dente”, in Schedario Napoletano

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈden.te/

Noun

dente m (plural dentes)

1. tooth

Descendants

• Fala: denti m
• Galician: dente m
• Portuguese: dente m

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "dente"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.tɨ/

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

Etymology 1

dente

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dente, from Latin dentem (“tooth”). Compare Galician dente and Spanish diente.

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
• dente canino
• dente carniceiro
• dente de alho
• dente de leite
• dente do juízo
• dente do siso
• dente incisivo
• dente molar
• dente permanente
• dente por dente
• dente pré-molar
• dente queixal
• dente-de-cão
• dente-de-cavalo
• dente-de-coelho
• dente-de-gato
• dente-de-leão
• denteado
• 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

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian gente

Noun

dente m (plural denti)

1. Alternative form of zente