incisor

Meaning

A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.

Synonyms

front tooth

chisel-tooth

tooth

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incisor teeth

cutting tooth

front teeth

incisive tooth

fore tooth

dentes incisivi

central tooth

anterior

anterior tooth

bucktooth

canine tooth

sector

tusk

incisor tooth

Translations

incisive

Schneidezahn

incisivo

incisivo

incisivo

diente incisivo

dente incisivo

dent incisiva

snijtand

τομεύς

incisiu

κοπτήρας

dent incisia

incisivus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).