dent

English

A dented shield.

Etymology

Middle English dent, dente, dint (“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”). More at dint.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: dĕnt, IPA: /dɛnt/, SAMPA: /dent/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

dent (plural dents)

1. A shallow deformation in the surface of something produced by impact.

   The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.

2. (by extension, informal) The state of something's having been partially consumed.

   That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.

3. (by extension, informal) An effect, a change caused by some force.

   make a dent in

   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, BBC Sport:

     Andy Carroll's first goals since his £35m move to Liverpool put a dent in Manchester City's Champions League hopes as they were emphatically swept aside at Anfield.

Translations

shallow deformation in the surface

Bulgarian: вдлъбнатина (bg) f., щърбел (bg) Dutch: deuk (nl) m., (Belgium) bluts (nl) m., (Netherlands) buts (nl) c. Finnish: lommo (fi), kolo (fi) French: accroc (fr) German: Beule (de) m., Delle (de) f. Greek: κοίλωμα (el) (kíloma) n., βαθούλωμα (el) (vaθúloma) n. Hungarian: horpadás (hu) Italian: ammaccatura (it) f.

Japanese: 凹み (ja) (hekomi) Norwegian: bulk (no) m., bungel (no) m. Portuguese: amassado (pt) Serbo-Croatian: uleknuće (sh), udubina (sh), udubljenje (sh) Spanish: abolladura (es) f. Turkish: çökme (tr), göçük (tr), oyuk (tr)

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.

   Copper is soft and dents easily.

Translations

produce a dent

Bulgarian: нащърбвам (bg) Dutch: deuken (nl), indeuken (nl), (Belgium) blutsen (nl) German: einbeulen (de), eindellen (de) Greek: βαθουλώνω (el) (vaθulóno) Hungarian: horpaszt (hu)

Japanese: 凹ませる (ja) (hekomaseru) Norwegian: bulke (no) Portuguese: amassar (pt) Spanish: abollar (es)

develop a dent

Dutch: deuken (nl) krijgen (nl) Finnish: lommoontua (fi) Hungarian: horpad (hu)

Japanese: 凹む (ja) (hekomu) Norwegian: få en bulk (no)

Anagrams

• tend

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dentem, accusative of dēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dén]
• (Valencian, Balerics) IPA: [dént]

Noun

dent f. (plural dents)

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. tooth (saw tooth)
3. tooth (gear tooth)

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French

Etymology

From Latin dentem, accusative of dēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɑ̃/

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Noun

dent f. (plural dents)

1. tooth
2. cog (tooth on a gear)

Derived terms

• cure-dent
• dentaire
• dental
• dent-de-lion
• denté
• dentelé
• dentifrice
• dentiste
• dentition
• denture
• denturologie
• denturologue, denturologiste
• avoir une dent contre

Anagrams

• tend

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Latin

Verb

dent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of dō

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Middle French

Noun

dent f. (plural dentz)

1. tooth

Descendants

• French: dent

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Old French

Etymology

Late Latin *dente, Classical Latin dens

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dãnt/
• Rhymes: -ãnt

Noun

dent m. (oblique plural denz, nominative singular denz, nominative plural dent)

1. tooth

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Noun

dent m. (plural dents)

1. (anatomy) tooth