tooth

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
4. Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
5. A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
6. A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
7. The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
8. Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
9. An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.

Verb

1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
2. To indent; to jag.
3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

Conceptos

diente

🦷

muela

dentadura

🦷

dental

púa

dientes

gajo

diente

🦷

dentífrico

dentar

odontológico

uelas

odontológica

colmillo

Sinónimos

teeth

🦷

fang

tusk

cog

front teeth

molar

prong

canine tooth

incisor

dent

barb

edge

tine

wisdom tooth

blade

lower teeth

upper teeth

broken

notch

jag

louse

milk tooth

molars

odontalgia

pearly

peg

permanent teeth

pin

prognathic

prognathous

protrusile

sawtooth

serration

sharp

sprocket

sting

this

toothache

tusks

dental pain

T

T

baby tooth

2

protrusible

furnish with cogs

hypognathous

bird’s beak

beaver

🦫

bevel

bite

chopper

dens

dental

dentate

detent

dig

dual

fangs

finger

fishhook

hand of bananas

hook

🪝

impression

indent

ivory

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tuːθ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: tothe

Heredado de inglés antiguo: tōþ

Cognado con escocés: tuth

Cognado con frisón septentrional: toth

Cognado con neerlandés: tand

Cognado con alemán: Zahn

Cognado con danés: tand

Cognado con sueco: tand

Cognado con noruego: tann

Cognado con islandés: tönn

Cognado con galés: dant

Cognado con latín: dēns

Cognado con lituano: dantìs

Cognado con griego antiguo: ὀδούς

Cognado con armenio: ատամ

Cognado con persa: دندان

Cognado con sánscrito: दत्

In summary

From Middle English tothe, toth, tooth, from Old English tōþ (“tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Related to tusk. Doublet of dent, dens, tind, and tine.
Cognates:
Cognate with Scots tuth, tuith (“tooth”), North Frisian toth, tos (“tooth”), Dutch tand (“tooth”), German Zahn (“tooth”), Danish tand (“tooth”), Swedish tand (“tooth”), Norwegian tann (“tooth”), Icelandic tönn (“tooth”), Welsh dant (“tooth”), Latin dēns (“tooth”), Lithuanian dantìs (“tooth”), Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús)/ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), Armenian ատամ (atam), Persian دندان (dandân), Sanskrit दत् (dát), दन्त (danta, “tooth”).