English tooth definition
a tooth
Etymology
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 ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
tooth (plural teeth )
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals , generally used for biting and chewing food .
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tooth
Hyponyms: bicuspid , canine , cuspid , incisor , premolar , molar ; see also Thesaurus:tooth
A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
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 .
Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
Jute has more tooth than polypropylene.
( zoology ) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
1832 , Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, A monograph of the fluviatile bivalve shells of the river Ohio , page 43 :Species XXXVI. Obliquaria bullata — (Unio bullata ) [ …] Found at the falls of Ohio; rare; breadth almost two inches; cardinal and lamellar teeth like preceding species; apices rounded, decorticated, but not truncated
( botany ) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf .
( animation ) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork .
( figurative ) Liking , fondness (compare toothsome ).
Synonyms: fondness , appetite , taste , palate
I have a sweet tooth : I love sugary treats.
1693 , John Dryden , “The Third Satire of Aulus Persius Flaccus”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis :These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth
( algebraic geometry ) 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.
Derived terms
Translations
anatomy: tooth
Abau: nays
Abkhaz: ахаԥыц ( axapəc )
Acehnese: gigoe
Afar: boddiná
Afrikaans: tand (af)
Ainu: ニマキ ( nimaki )
Aiton: please add this translation if you can
Akan: ɛse , ɔse
Aklanon: ngipon
Albanian: dhëmb (sq) , dhâm (Gheg)
Ama: i
Amharic: ጥርስ ( ṭərs )
Apache:
Western Apache: iwoo ( plural )
Arabic: سِنّ (ar) f ( sinn )
Egyptian Arabic: سن m ( senn ) , سنة f ( senna ) , سنان f pl ( senan )
Moroccan Arabic: سنة f ( sanna )
Aragonese: dient
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܫܢܐ c ( šennā )
Jewish Aramaic: שִׁנָּא f ( šinnā )
Argobba: ስን ( sǝn )
Armenian: ատամ (hy) ( atam ) , ակռա (hy) ( akṙa ) ( Western Armenian )
Aromanian: dinti f , dinte f
Assamese: দাঁত ( dãt )
Asturian: diente (ast) m , dentamen m pl
Atong (India): wa
Avar: ца ( ca )
Azerbaijani: diş (az)
Balinese: gigi
Baluchi: دنتان ( dantán ) , دتھاں
Bashkir: теш ( tiş )
Basque: hortz
Bau Bidayuh: jupon
Belarusian: зуб m ( zub )
Bengali: দাঁত (bn) ( dãt ) , দান্দান (bn) ( dandan ) , দন্ত ( donto ) , দশন (bn) ( dośon ) , রদ ( rod ) , দংষ্ট্র ( doṅśṭro )
Borôro: o
Breton: dant (br) m , dent (br) pl
Brunei Bisaya: nipon
Buginese: isi
Bulgarian: зъб (bg) m ( zǎb )
Burji: irka
Burmese: သွား (my) ( swa: )
Buryat: шүдэ ( šüde ) ; шүдэн ( šüden ) ( Russian Buryat )
Canela: xwa
Catalan: dent (ca) f
Cebuano: ngipon
Central Melanau: nyipen
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chamicuro: ajsi
Chechen: церг ( cerg )
Chepang: साय्क्
Cherokee: ᎦᏅᏙᎬ ( ganvdogv )
Chichewa: dzino
Chinese:
Cantonese: 牙 ( ngaa4 )
Dungan: я ( i͡a ) , ня ( ni͡a )
Hakka: 牙齒 / 牙齿 ( ngà-chhṳ́ )
Mandarin: 牙齒 / 牙齿 (zh) ( yáchǐ ) , 牙 (zh) ( yá ) , 齒 / 齿 (zh) ( chǐ )
Min Dong: 牙 ( ngà / ngāi )
Min Nan: 喙齒 / 喙齿 (zh-min-nan) ( chhùi-khí )
Wu: 牙齒 / 牙齿 ( 6 nga-tshy) , 牙子 ( 6 nga-tsy)
Chuukese: ngii
Chuvash: шӑл ( šăl )
Coastal Kadazan: nipon
Cornish: dans
Crimean Tatar: tiş
Czech: zub (cs) m
Dalmatian: diant
Danish: tand (da) c
Dargwa: цула ( cula )
Darkinjung: dharra
Dhivehi: ދައިޔ ( daiy )
Dolgan: тиис ( tiis )
Dongxiang: shidun
Drung: sa
Dutch: tand (nl) m
Eastern Arrernte: artitye
Egyptian: (jbḥ )
Emilian: please add this translation if you can
Erzya: пей ( pej )
Esperanto: dento (eo)
Estonian: hammas (et)
Even: ӣт ( īt )
Evenki: иктэ ( iktə )
Faroese: tonn (fo) f
Fataluku: vahinu
Fijian: bati
Finnish: hammas (fi)
French: dent (fr) f
Friulian: dint m
Gagauz: diş
Galician: dente (gl) m
Gamilaraay: yira
Garo: ওয়াগাম ( wa-gam )
Georgian : კბილი (ka) ( ḳbili )
German: Zahn (de) m
Gilaki: دندن ( dëndan )
Gothic: 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 m ( tunþus )
Greek: δόντ& iota ; (el) n ( dónti )
Ancient: ὀδούς m ( odoús )
Greenlandic: kigut
Guaraní: tãi
Gujarati: દાંત ( dā̃t )
Haitian Creole: dan
Hausa: haƙori (ha)
Hawaiian: niho
Hebrew: שֵׁן (he) f ( shen )
Hindi: दाँत (hi) m ( dā̃t ) , दान्त (hi) m ( dānt )
Hungarian: fog (hu)
Hunsrik: Zaan m
Icelandic: tönn (is) f
Ido: dento (io)
Indonesian: gigi (id) , danta (id)
Ingrian: hammas
Ingush: царг ( carg )
Interlingua: dente
Iranun: nipen
Irish: fiacail (ga) f
Isan: แข้ว ( khaew )
Italian: dente (it) m
Japanese: 歯 (ja) ( は, ha )
Javanese: untu
Kabyle: tuɣmest f
Kaingang: jã
Kalmyk: шүдн ( şüdn )
Kambaata: inke
Kannada: ಹಲ್ಲು (kn) ( hallu )
Kanuri: timí
Kapampangan: ipan
Karachay-Balkar: тиш ( tiş )
Karakalpak: tis
Kashubian: ząb
Kazakh: тіс (kk) ( tıs )
Khakas: тіс ( tìs )
Khamti: please add this translation if you can
Khinalug: цулоз ( culoz )
Khmer: ធ្មេញ (km) ( thmɨñ )
Khmu: ຫຣາງ
Kikuyu: igego class 5
Kimaragang: nipon
Kituba: dinu
Klamath-Modoc: dot
Komi-Permyak: пинь ( piń )
Korean: 이 (ko) ( i ) , 니 (ko) ( ni ) , ( alternative form ) 이빨 (ko) ( ippal ) ,( vulgar,mainly for beasts ) 치아 (ko) ( chia )
Koryak: вʼаннылӈын ( wannəlŋən )
Krymchak: чыш
Kumyk: тиш ( tiş )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دان ( dan ) , ددان (ckb) ( ddan )
Northern Kurdish: didan (ku) m , diran (ku) m
Kyrgyz: тиш (ky) ( tiş )
Ladakhi: སོ ( so )
Lakota: hi
Lao: ແຂ້ວ (lo) ( khǣu ) , ທັນຕາ ( than tā ) , ທົນ ( thon ) , ກາມ ( kām ) ( molar )
Latin: dēns (la) m
Latvian: zobs (lv) m
Laz: ǩibri
Ligurian: dénte m
Lingala: lǐno
Lithuanian: dantis (lt)
Lombard: dent (lmo) m
Lotud: nipon
Low German:
German Low German: Tähn (nds) m
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Luganda: erinnyo
Luhya: liliino
Luo: lak
Lushootseed: dᶻədis
Macedonian: заб m ( zab )
Maguindanao: ngipen
Makasae: wasi
Makasar: gigi
Malay: gigi (ms) , danta
Malayalam: പല്ല് (ml) ( pall ŭ) , ദന്തം (ml) ( dantaṁ )
Maltese: sinna f
Mambae: nifan
Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳᡥᡝ ( weihe )
Mansaka: onto
Maori: niho (mi)
Mapudungun: ülnga , voro
Maranao: ngipen
Marathi: दात (mr) m ( dāt )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: пӱй ( püj )
Mbabaram: dirra
Middle English: tothe , toth
Middle High German: zan m , zant m
Minangkabau: gigih
Mingrelian: კიბირი ( ḳibiri ) , კჷბირი ( ḳəbiri )
Moksha: пей ( pej )
Mon: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: шүд (mn) ( šüd )
Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠳᠦ (mn) ( sidü )
Mwani: rino
Nahuatl: tlantli (nah)
Nanai: хуктэ
Navajo: awooʼ
Neapolitan: dente m
Nepali: दाँत (ne) ( dā̃t )
Nogai: тис ( tis )
North Frisian: tus m , Ter c ( Sylt )
Northern Sami: please add this translation if you can
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tann (no) m or f
Nynorsk: tann f
Nottoway-Meherrin: otosag
Occitan: dent (oc) f
Odia: ଦାନ୍ତ (or) ( dantô )
Ojibwe: ( my tooth ) niibid
Okinawan: 歯 ( はー, hā )
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: зѫбъ m ( zǫbŭ )
Old East Slavic: зꙋбъ m ( zubŭ )
Old English: tōþ m
Old High German: zan m , zand m , zant m
Old Javanese: huntu
Old Norse: tǫnn f
Old Saxon: tand m
Oromo: ilkaan
Oroqen: iktə
Ossetian: дӕндаг ( dændag )
Ottoman Turkish: دیش ( diş )
Papiamentu: djente
Pashto: غاښ (ps) m ( γāx )
Pennsylvania German: Zung f
Persian: دندان (fa) ( dandân ) , دندون ( dandun ) ( colloquial ) , گاز (fa) ( gâz )
Phake: please add this translation if you can
Phu Thai: please add this translation if you can
Piedmontese: dent m
Pitjantjatjara: kaṯiṯi
Plautdietsch: Tän
Polish: ząb (pl) m
Portuguese: dente (pt) m
Punjabi: ਦੰਦ ( dand ) , ਡੰਦ ( ḍand )
Quechua: kiru (qu)
Wanka Quechua: kilu
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Rakhine: please add this translation if you can
Rendille: ilko
Rohingya: dat
Romagnol: dént m
Romani: dand
Romanian: dinte (ro) m
Rungus: nipon
Russian: зуб (ru) m ( zub )
Rusyn: зуб m ( zub )
Sabah Bisaya: nipon
Saho: iko
Sami:
Inari: pääni
Northern: bátni
Skolt: pää´ ;nn
Southern: baenie
Samoan: nifo (sm)
Sanskrit: दन्त (sa) m ( danta )
Santali: ᱰᱟᱴᱟ ( ḍaṭa )
Sardinian: dènte f
Scots: tuith
Scottish Gaelic: fiacaill f
Sebop: jipen
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зу̑б m
Roman: zȗb (sh) m
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Sherpa: ས ( sa )
Shor: тиш ( tiş )
Sichuan Yi: ꎐ ( rry )
Sicilian: denti (scn) m
Sidamo: hinko
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: දත (si) ( data )
Slovak: zub m
Slovene: zob (sl) m
Solon: iitt
Somali: ilig
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zub m
Upper Sorbian: zub m
Southern Altai: тиш ( tiš )
Southern Ohlone: sit
Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: diente (es) m
Sranan Tongo: tifi
Sundanese: huntu (su) , waos (su)
Swahili: jino (sw) sg , meno (sw) pl ( noun 5/6 )
Swedish: tand (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠖꠣꠔ ( dat )
Tabaru: 'ingiri
Tabasaran: силиб ( silib )
Tagal Murut: ripon
Tagalog: ngipin (tl)
Tahitian: niho
Tai Dam: please add this translation if you can
Tai Nüa: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: дандон (tg) ( dandon )
Talysh:
Anbarani: داندون ( dândun )
Tambunan Dusun: nipon
Tamil: பல் (ta) ( pal )
Tarantino: dìnde
Tarifit: tiɣmest f , aɣmuz m
Tatar: теш (tt) ( teş )
Tausug: ipun
Telugu: పన్ను (te) ( pannu )
Ternate: ingi
Tetum: nehan
Thai: ฟัน (th) ( fan ) , ทันต์ ( tan ) ( formal ) , กราม (th) ( graam ) ( molar )
Tibetan: སོ ( so )
Tigrinya: ስኒ (ti) ( səni )
Timugon Murut: ripon
Tocharian B: keme
Tok Pisin: tis
Tongan: nifo
Torwali: دان
Tupinambá: ãîa (t-)
Turkish: diş (tr)
Turkmen: diş
Tuvan: диш ( diş )
Udi: улух ( uluχ )
Udmurt: пинь ( piń )
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎐 ( šn )
Ukrainian: зуб (uk) m ( zub )
Urdu: دانت m ( dā̃t, dānt ) , دندان m ( dandān )
Uyghur: چىش (ug) ( chish )
Uzbek: tish (uz)
Venetian: dénte m
Vietnamese: răng (vi)
Vilamovian: con
Volapük: tut (vo)
Votic: ammõz
Walloon: dint (wa) f
Waray-Waray: ta-ngo
Warlpiri: kartirdi
Welsh: dant (cy)
West Coast Bajau: impon
West Frisian: tosk
White Hmong: hniav
Winnebago: hiipe
Wolof: bëñ (wo)
Xhosa: izinyo class 5 /6
Yagara: deea
Yagnobi: диндак ( dindak )
Yakan: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: тиис ( tiis )
Yámana : tun
Yami: ngepen
Yiddish: צאָן m ( tson )
Yoruba: ehín
Yup'ik: keggun
Zazaki: dından (diq)
Zealandic: tand m
Zhuang: heuj
Zou: ha
Zulu: izinyo (zu) class 5 /6
ǃKung: tsau
ǃXóõ: ǁqhàã
zoology: projection resembling a tooth
botany: pointed projection from the margin of a leaf
animation: rough surface of some cels or other films
algebraic geometry: irreducible component of a comb
See also
Verb
tooth (third-person singular simple present tooths , present participle toothing , simple past and past participle toothed )
To provide or furnish with teeth.
1815 , William Wordsworth , The Brothers :His Wife sate near him, teasing matted wool, / While, from the twin cards toothed with glittering wire / He fed the spindle [ …]
To indent ; to jag .
to tooth a saw
To lock into each other, like gear wheels .
1678 , Joseph Moxon , Mechanick Exercises: or the Doctrine of Handy-works [1] , page 260 :Whereas if the Header of one side of the wall, toothed as much as the Stretcher on the other side, it would be a stronger Toothing, and the joints of the Header on one side, would be in the middle of the Headers of the course they lie upon of the other side
Anagrams
Middle English tooth definition
Noun
tooth
Alternative form of tothe