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foretooth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fore-tooth
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A front tooth.

Etymology

From Middle English *fortoth (attested in plural fortethe, foreteþ), from Old English foretōþ (“front tooth”), equivalent to fore- + tooth. Compare Dutch voorste tand (“front tooth”), German Vorderzahn (“front tooth”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

foreteeth (plural)

Questions

What does foretooth mean?
A front tooth.
Where does foretooth come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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