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)
- Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.
- Synonym: see Thesaurus:notched
Derived terms
- bidentate
- bisdentate
- dentatectomy
- dentate fascia
- dentate gyrus
- dentately
- dentate nucleus
- denticulate
- heptadentate
- hexadentate
- monodentate
- multidentate
- octadentate
- octodentate
- paucidentate
- pentadentate
- peridentate
- polydentate
- predentate
- quadridentate
- quinquedentate
- repandodentate
- subdentate
- tetradentate
- tridentate
- tubulidentate
- unidentate
Translations
Having teeth or toothlike projections
Interlingua
Adjective
dentate (comparative plus dentate, superlative le plus dentate)
Italian
Adjective
dentate
- feminine plural of dentato
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
dentāte
- vocative masculine singular of dentātus
Spanish
Verb
dentate