diente

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dentem, the accusative singular of dēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjente/ [ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: dien‧te

Noun

diente m (plural dientes)

  1. tooth

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “diente” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

diente

  1. inflection of dienen:
    1. first/third-person singular preterite
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish diente (tooth), from Latin dentem, dēns, from Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Noun

diente m or f (Hebrew spelling דיינטי)[1]

  1. tooth (chomper) [ca. 1510[2]]
    Hyponyms: dienteziko, muela
    • 2000, Aki Yerushalayim[1], numbers 62–64, page 95:
      I arankarvos ojo por ojo, diente por diente.
      And settling yourselves eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

References

  1. ^ diente”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
  2. ^ Dov Cohen and Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald (19 June 2019) “Coṃpendio delas šeḥiṭót (Constantinople ca. 1510): The First Judeo-Spanish Printed Publication”, in Journal of Jewish Languages, volume 7, number 1, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →DOI, →ISSN, page 49

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem, dēns

Noun

diente m (plural dientes)

  1. tooth

References

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem, dēns, from Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Noun

diente m (plural dientes)

  1. tooth (chomper)
    Hyponym: muela
    • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 67va:
      [] auie .iij. ordenes de dientes en su boca []
      it had three sets of teeth in its mouth

Descendants

  • Ladino: diente, דיינטי
  • Spanish: diente

References

  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “diente”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 192

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjente/ [ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: dien‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish diente (tooth), from Latin dentem, dēns, from Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Noun

diente m (plural dientes)

  1. tooth (anatomy)
    Hyponyms: colmillo, muela
  2. tooth, cog (sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement)
  3. clove (of garlic)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

diente

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

Further reading

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