dent
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology 1
From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a 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
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.
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- (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”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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
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
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from Latin dens, dentis, tooth. See tooth.
Noun
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?)
- (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin dentem, accusative of dēns.
Pronunciation
Noun
dent f (plural dents)
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Further reading
- “dent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “dent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dentem, accusative of dēns, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
Pronunciation
Noun
dent f (plural dents)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dent/, [d̪ɛn̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dent/, [d̪ɛn̪t̪]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dent
Middle English
Noun
dent
- Alternative form of dint
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French dent.
Noun
dent f (plural dens)
Descendants
- French: dent
Norman
Etymology
From Old French dent, from Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun
dent m (plural dents)
Derived terms
- brînge à dents (“toothbrush”)
Related terms
- denchive (“gum”)
Old French
Etymology
From Latin dēns, dente
Pronunciation
Noun
dent oblique singular, m (oblique plural denz or dentz, nominative singular denz or dentz, nominative plural dent)
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
Noun
dent m (plural dent)
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) daint
Etymology
From Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
Noun
dent m (plural dents)
Derived terms
- pasta da dents (“toothpaste”)
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