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4-letter words (2 found)

DENT,TEND,

3-letter words (6 found)

DEN,END,NED,NET,TED,TEN,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,ED,EN,ET,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 15 words from dent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dent

dent ednt dnet ndet endt nedt detn edtn dten tden etdn tedn dnte ndte dtne tdne ntde tnde entd netd etnd tend nted tned

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Definitions and meaning of dent

dent

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
Derived terms
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.
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, Valencian) [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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “dent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “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 m

  1. tooth

References

  • dent in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

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) IPA(key): /dent/, [d̪ɛn̪t̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dent/, [d̪ɛn̪t̪]

Verb

dent

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

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to dente, from Latin dens.

Noun

dent ?

  1. tooth

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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