dentate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dentātus, from dēns (tooth, oblique stem in dēnt-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛnteɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

dentate (comparative more dentate, superlative most dentate)

  1. Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.
    Synonym: see Thesaurus:notched

Derived terms

Translations

Interlingua

Adjective

dentate (comparative plus dentate, superlative le plus dentate)

  1. jagged
  2. toothed

Italian

Adjective

dentate

  1. feminine plural of dentato

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

dentāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dentātus

Spanish

Verb

dentate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of dentar combined with te