dente

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese dente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dentem, the singular accusative of dēns.

• IPA^(key): (western) [ˈdentɪ], (eastern) [ˈdɛntɪ]

dente m (plural dentes)

1. tooth
2. tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)

   Synonyms: galla, puga

3. clove (of garlic)
4. jawbone

   Synonym: queixada

• “dente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “dente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “dente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “dente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “dente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

dente (plural dentes)

1. tooth

• dental

From Latin dēns. Doublet of zanna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.te/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: dèn‧te

dente m (plural denti, diminutive dentìno or dentèllo, augmentative dentóne, pejorative dentàccio, endearing-derogatory dentùccio)

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. cog, prong

• tende

dente

1. ablative singular of dēns

• dente in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

dente

1. Alternative form of dint

dente

1. Alternative form of deynte

dente

1. Alternative form of deynte

From Latin dēns, dente.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛntɐ/

dente m (plural diente)

1. tooth

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdẽ.ti/
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: den‧te

dente

From Old Portuguese dente, from Latin dentem (“tooth”).

dente m (plural dentes)

1. tooth (hard structure found in the jaws of most vertebrates)
2. tooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
3. clove (any of the pieces that make up a bulb of garlic)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dente

1. inflection of dentar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• presa

Compare Italian gente

dente m (plural denti)

1. Alternative form of zente