How do you pronounce dental?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛn.təl/.

dental

/ˈdɛn.təl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: den-tal
IPA: /ˈdɛn.təl/

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Meaning

adj

Of or concerning the teeth.

adj

Of or concerning dentistry.

adj

Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.

adj

Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

noun

Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.

noun

A dental sound.

Example Sentences

"dental care"
"dental fricative"
"'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin dentālisder. Middle French dentalbor. ▲ Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Word Breakdown

Root: dentālis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdɛn.təl/
British English: /ˈdɛn.təl/

Inflected Forms

more dental (comparative) most dental (superlative) dentals (plural)

Derived Forms

addental alveolodental antidental apicodental atlantodental bidental craniodental dentalcare dentalism dentality dentalize dentally

Phrases

dental alveolus dental ape dental arch dental calculus dental cap dental care dental caries dental clinic

Frequently Paired Words

dentist dentulous edentulous

Synonyms

toothly teethly prophy dental consonant

Rhymes With

mental environmental fundamental experimental gentle rental continental instrumental non-governmental accidental parental developmental