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dentale.

tooth; dental

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/denˈta.le/

  1. tooth; dental

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine · relational

  2. dental (articulated with the tongue on the upper teeth)

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
    La lettera T rappresenta una consonante dentale.
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dentālis, derived from Latin dēns (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts. By surface analysis, dent(e) (“tooth”) + -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).

noun/denˈta.le/

  1. a dental speech sound

    feminine

  2. ploughshare

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dentālis, derived from Latin dēns (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts. By surface analysis, dent(e) (“tooth”) + -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).

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