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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the teeth.
2.
of or pertaining to dentistry or a dentist.
3.
Phonetics.
a.
(of a speech sound) articulated with the tongue tip touching the back of the upper front teeth or immediately above them, as French t.
b.
alveolar, as English t.
c.
interdental (def. 2).
noun
4.
Phonetics. a dental sound.
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Dental
is always a great word to know.
So is labial. Does it mean:
| involving lip articulation or a rounded vowel |
| For the 'l' sound, having front-vowel resonance; situated before a vowel in the same syllable; produced without frication or aspiration |
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World English Dictionary
| dental (ˈdɛntəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to the teeth |
| 2. | of or relating to dentistry |
| 3. | phonetics |
| a. pronounced or articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the backs of the upper teeth, as for t in French tout | |
| b. (esp in the phonology of some languages, such as English) another word for alveolar | |
| —n | |
| 4. | phonetics a dental consonant |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dens tooth] | |
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Word Origin & History
dental
1594, from M.Fr. dental "of teeth," from L. dens (gen. dentis) "tooth," from PIE base *dont-, *dent- (see tooth).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
dental den·tal (děn'tl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or for the teeth.
Of, relating to, or intended for dentistry.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
dental  (děn'tl) Pronunciation Key
Relating to the teeth. |
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