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dentate

/ˈdɛnteɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
den-tate
IPA
/ˈdɛnteɪt/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dentātus, from dēns (“tooth”, oblique stem in dēnt-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more dentate (comparative) most dentate (superlative)

Derived Forms

bidentate bisdentate dentatectomy dentately denticulate heptadentate hexadentate monodentate multidentate octadentate octodentate paucidentate

Phrases

dentate fascia dentate gyrus dentate nucleus

Synonyms

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Questions

How do you pronounce dentate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛnteɪt/.
What does dentate mean?
Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.
Where does dentate come from?
Borrowed from Latin dentātus, from dēns (“tooth”, oblique stem in dēnt-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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