dent
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
dent (plural dents)
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
- (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
- That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
- 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.
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Verb[edit]
dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)
- (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
- (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.
- Copper is soft and dents easily.
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Etymology 2[edit]
French, from Latin dens, dentis, tooth. See tooth.
Noun[edit]
dent (plural dents)
- (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dentem, accusative of dēns.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dent f (plural dents)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French dent, from Latin dentem, accusative of dēns, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dent f (plural dents)
Derived terms[edit]
- cure-dent
- dentaire
- dental
- dent-de-lion
- denté
- dentelé
- dentifrice
- dentiste
- dentition
- denture
- denturologie
- denturologue, denturologiste
- avoir une dent contre
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Jèrriais[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French dent, from Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
dent m (plural dents)
Derived terms[edit]
- brînge à dents (“toothbrush”)
Related terms[edit]
- denchive (“gum”)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
dent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of dō
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
dent f (plural dents)
Descendants[edit]
- French: dent
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin *dente, Classical Latin dens.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dent m (oblique plural denz, nominative singular denz, nominative plural dent)
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) daint
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
Noun[edit]
dent m (plural dents)
Derived terms[edit]
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English informal terms
- English verbs
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
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- Catalan terms derived from Latin
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- Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending
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- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
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- Jèrriais terms derived from Old French
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
- Jèrriais terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Jèrriais nouns
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- Latin verb forms
- Middle French nouns
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- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
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- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Romansch nouns
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- Sursilvan Romansch
