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

References

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin dentem. Doublet of zanna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.te/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

dente

  1. ablative singular of dēns

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

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)
    Eu uso um ou dois dentes de alho?
    Do I use one or two cloves of garlic?
Derived terms

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

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian gente

Noun

dente m (plural denti)

  1. alternative form of zente