dentifrice

English

Etymology

From Middle English dentifricie, from Latin dentifricium (“powder for rubbing the teeth”), from dens (“tooth”) + fricāre (“to rub”). Compare French dentifrice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.tɪˌfrɪs/
• Hyphenation: den‧ti‧frice

Noun

dentifrice (countable and uncountable, plural dentifrices)

1. Toothpaste or any other substance, such as a powder or liquid, for cleaning the teeth.

Hyponyms

• chewing stick
• chewstick
• toothpaste
• toothpowder

Translations

any substance for cleaning the teeth

• Bulgarian: паста за зъби f (pasta za zăbi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潔齒劑 / 洁齿剂 (jiéchǐjì)

• Finnish: hampaiden puhdistusaine
• French: dentifrice (fr) m
• Italian: dentifricio (it) m
• Latin: dentifricium n
• Polish: substancja do mycia zębów f
• Portuguese: dentifrício (pt) m, dentífrico (pt) m
• Russian: зубна́я па́ста (ru) f (zubnája pásta)
• Spanish: dentífrico (es) m
• Walloon: dintifrice (wa) m

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dentifricium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.ti.fʁis/

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Noun

dentifrice m (plural dentifrices)

1. toothpaste

See also

• brosse à dents
• pâte à dents

Further reading

• “dentifrice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012