dentista

See also: dentistă

Asturian

Etymology

From diente +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtista/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪is̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: den‧tis‧ta

Noun

dentista m or f (plural dentistes)

1. dentist

Catalan

Etymology

From dent +‎ -ista. First attested in 1803.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [dənˈtis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [denˈtis.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: den‧tis‧ta

Noun

dentista m or f by sense (plural dentistes)

1. dentist

Further reading

• “dentista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dentista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dentista”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Italic *dents

Latin dēns

Old Spanish diente

Spanish diente

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish dentistabor.

Cebuano dentista

Borrowed from Spanish dentista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtista/ [d̪en̪ˈt̪is̪.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: den‧tis‧ta

Noun

dentísta (Badlit spelling ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. dentist

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish dentista (“dentist”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: den‧tis‧ta

Noun

dentista

1. dentist

Galician

Etymology

From dente + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtista/ [d̪en̪ˈt̪is̺.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: den‧tis‧ta

Noun

dentista m or f by sense (plural dentistas)

1. dentist

Further reading

• “dentista”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From dente +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtis.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: den‧tì‧sta

Noun

dentista m or f by sense (masculine plural dentisti, feminine plural dentiste)

1. dentist

Further reading

• “dentista”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• distante, sdentati

Occitan

Etymology

From dent +‎ -ista. Attested from the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

dentista m or f (plural dentistas)

1. dentist

Piedmontese

Etymology

dent +‎ -ista

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deŋˈtista/

Noun

dentista m

1. dentist

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Italic *dents

Latin dentem m

Old Galician-Portuguese dente

Portuguese dente

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Portuguese -ista

Portuguese dentista

From dente + -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dẽˈtiʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: den‧tis‧ta

Noun

dentista m or f by sense (plural dentistas)

1. dentist (specialized medical doctor)

   Synonyms: cirurgião-dentista, odontologista

Related terms

• dentadura
• dental
• dentário
• dente
• dentição
• odontalgia
• odontologia
• odontológico

Further reading

• “dentista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dentista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Noun

dentista f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of dentistă

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Italic *dents

Latin dēns

Old Spanish diente

Spanish diente

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish dentista

From diente (“tooth”) + -ista (profession suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtista/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪is.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: den‧tis‧ta

Noun

dentista m or f by sense (plural dentistas)

1. dentist

   Synonym: odontólogo

Related terms

• dental

Descendants

• → Cebuano: dentista
• → Tagalog: dentista

Further reading

• “dentista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• distante

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Italic *dents

Latin dēns

Old Spanish diente

Spanish diente

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish dentistabor.

Tagalog dentista

Borrowed from Spanish dentista, from diente (“tooth”) + -ista (profession suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /denˈtista/ [d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪is.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: den‧tis‧ta

Noun

dentista (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. dentist

Related terms

• dentisteriya