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): (Central, Balearic) [dənˈtis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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.
• “dentista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dentista.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dentísta (Badlit spelling ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

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, 2012–2025

Italian

Etymology

From dente +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtis.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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

From dente +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/

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

• (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, 2008–2025
• “dentista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Noun

dentista f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of dentistă

Spanish

Etymology

From diente +‎ -ista.

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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• distante

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dentista.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dentista (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. dentist

Related terms

• dentisteriya