incisor

Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) +‎ -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)

incisor (plural incisors)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.

• incise
• incision

• “incisor”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “incisor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Cirinos, Corsini

From incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) +‎ -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈkiː.sɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.s̬or]

incīsor m (genitive incīsōris); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) incisor

Third-declension noun.

• → English: incisor