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dent

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: dĕnt, IPA^(key): /dɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.

Noun

dent (plural dents)

1. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

2. (figurative) A minor effect made upon something.

   to make a dent
3. A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
4. (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action

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Translations

Verb

dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)

1. (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
2. (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.

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Translations

Etymology 2

From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.

Noun

dent (plural dents)

1. (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
2. (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed

Anagrams

• 'tend, tend

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈden]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdent]

Noun

dent f (plural dents)

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. tooth (saw tooth)
3. tooth (gear tooth)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “dent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “dent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “dent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• dè, din

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem.

Noun

dent f (plural dents) (ORB, broad)

1. tooth

References

• dent in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• dent in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dent f, with change of gender from Old French dent m, from Latin dentem m, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃/
• Homophones: dam, dams, dans, dents

Noun

dent f (plural dents)

1. tooth
2. cog (tooth on a gear)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tend

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛnt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ɛn̪t̪]

Verb

dent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of dō, "they may give"

Lombard

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dentem.

Pronunciation

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn/

Noun

dent m

1. tooth

Etymology 2

From Late Latin dē intrō.

Adverb

dent

1. inside; indoors

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 108: “un dente marcio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Arrighi, Cletto (1896) Dizionario milanese-italiano, col repertorio italiano-milanese: […] ‎^[2] (in Italian), Milan: Hoepli, page 184
• Angiolini, Francesco (1897) Vocabolario milanese-italiano coi segni per la pronuncia‎^[3] (in Italian), pages 262-263

Middle English

Noun

dent

1. alternative form of dint

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French dent m.

Noun

dent f (plural dens)

1. tooth

Descendants

• French: dent f

Norman

Etymology

From Old French dent, from Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

Noun

dent m (plural dents)

1. (anatomy) tooth

Derived terms

• brînge à dents (“toothbrush”)

Related terms

• denchive (“gum”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dentem m. Attested from the 12th century. Compare Catalan dent f.

Pronunciation

Noun

dent f (plural dents)

1. tooth

Related terms

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dēns, dente m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdent/, /ˈdant/
• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

dent oblique singular, m (oblique plural denz or dentz, nominative singular denz or dentz, nominative plural dent)

1. (anatomy, of a comb) tooth

Descendants

• Middle French: dent f
  • French: dent f
• Walloon: dint f

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛŋt/

Noun

dent m (plural dent)

1. tooth

Derived terms

• dentin
• denton
• dentera
• dentista

Romansch

Alternative forms

• daint (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Noun

dent m (plural dents)

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) tooth

Derived terms

• pasta da dents (“toothpaste”)

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