adjective
- of or relating to the teeth.
- of or relating to dentistry or a dentist.
- Phonetics.
- (of a speech sound) articulated with the tongue tip touching the back of the upper front teeth or immediately above them, as French t.
- alveolar, as English t.
- interdental(def 2).
noun
- Phonetics. a dental sound.
adjective
- of or relating to the teeth
- of or relating to dentistry
- phonetics
- pronounced or articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the backs of the upper teeth, as for t in French tout
- (esp in the phonology of some languages, such as English) another word for alveolar
noun
- phonetics a dental consonant
1590s, from Middle French dental “of teeth” or Medieval Latin dentalis, from Latin dens (genitive dentis) “tooth,” from PIE root *dent- (see tooth).
adj.
- Of, relating to, or for the teeth.
- Of, relating to, or intended for dentistry.
- Relating to the teeth.