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Etymology
Via Middle English from Old English toþ|t�þ < Proto-Germanic *tanþ, *tunþ < Proto-Indo-European *h�dont-/*h�dent- (tooth). Cognate with Gothic tunþus, Dutch tand, German Zahn, Latin dens, Greek οδο��, Turkish di�, pronounciation /dish/, Persian fa-Arab|د�دا� (dandân).

Pronunciation
IPA|/tu�θ/
audio|en-us-tooth.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�θ|-u�θ

Noun
en-noun|pl=teeth

1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
4. botany A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.

Translations
trans-top|biological tooth
trreq|Albanian
Arabic: Arab|س�|س��� (sinn) f, Arab|اس�ا�|أس���ا� IPAchar|(�asná�n) p
Aramaic:

Armenian: Õ¡Õ¿Õ¡Õ´ (atam)
trreq|Basque
Bengali: দা�ত (d�nta)
Bosnian: zub#Bosnian|zub m
Breton: dant m, dent p
Bulgarian: з�б (zâb) m, з�би (zâbi) p
Catalan: dant m
Chinese: �齿, �� (yách�)
Croatian: zub#Croatian|zub m
Czech: zub#Czech|zub m
Danish: tand#Danish|tand c, tænder p
Dutch: tand#Dutch|tand m
trreq|Esperanto
Estonian: hammas#Estonian|hammas
Finnish: hammas#Finnish|hammas
French: dent m
Frisian: tosk
Gamilaraay: yira
Georgian: ����� (kbili), ������� (kbilebi) p
German: Zahn m
Greek: δ�ν�ι (dónti) n, οδο�� (odoús) m
Guaraní: ãi (t-)
Gujarati: દા�ત IPAchar|(d��t)
Hebrew: ש� (shén) f
Hindi: दा�त IPAchar|(d��t) m
Hungarian: fog#Hungarian|fog
Icelandic: tönn
Indonesian: gigi
Interlingua: dente#Interlingua|dente
Italian: dente#Italian|dente m
Japanese: 歯 (�, ha)
trreq|Kannada
Khmer: KMchar|����� (t�m�iñ)
Korean: � (i), �빨 (ippal)
Kurdish: KUchar|دا� (dan), KUchar|دگا�
Lakota: hi#Lakota|hi
trreq|Lao
Latin: dens m, dentis
Latvian: zobs m
Lingala: l�no
Lithuanian: dantis
trreq|Malayalam
trreq|Maori
trans-mid
Mbabaram: dirra
Mongolian: �үд (šüd)
Nahuatl: tlantli
trreq|Nepali
Norwegian: tann c
Ojibwe: -bid, -bidan pl (inalienable, always requires a pronoun: niibid = my tooth)
trreq|Old English
trreq|Oriya
Persian: FAchar|د�دا� (dandân)
Polish: z�b m, z�by p
Portuguese: dente#Portuguese|dente m
trreq|Punjabi
Quechua: kiru
Rohingya: dat
Romani: dand
Romanian: dinte m
Russian: з�б (zub) m, з�б� (zúby) p
trreq|Samoan
Sanskrit: दन�त (danta)
Serbian:

Scots Gaelic: fiacal
Slovak: zub#Slovak|zub m, zuby p
Slovene: zob#Slovene|zob m
Spanish: diente m
Sundanese: huntu
Swahili: jino s, meno pl (noun 5/6)
Swedish: tand#Swedish|tand c
Tagalog: ngipin
trreq|Tahitian
Taiwanese: chhùi-khí
Tatar: ti�
Telugu: పన�న� (pannu)
Thai: Thai|�ราม (graam), Thai|�ั��ราม (fan graam), Thai|�ั��� (than dtà, formal); Thai|�ั� (fan)
Tok Pisin: tis
trreq|Tongan
Tupinambá: ãîa (t-)
Turkish: di�, di�ler p
Ukrainian: з�б (zub) m, з�би (zúby) p
trreq|Vietnamese
Welsh: dant
Yiddish: צ�ָ� (tson) m, צ��� (tseyn) p, צ��נער (tseyner) p
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trans-top|saw tooth
Czech: zub m
Danish: tand#Danish|tand c, tänder p
Dutch: tand#Dutch|tand m, zaagtand m
Finnish: hammas#Finnish|hammas
French: dent m
Georgian: ����� (kbili), ������� (kbilebi) p
German: Zahn m, Sägezahn m
Hindi: दा�त़ (daant) m
Hungarian: fog#Hungarian|fog
trans-mid
Latvian: zobs m
Norwegian: tann c
Romanian: dinte m
Russian: з�б (zub) m, з�б�� (zúb�ja) p; з�бе� (zubéts) m, з�б�� (zubtsý) p
Serbian: zub, zubac
Swedish: tand#Swedish|tand c
Tatar: ti�
Telugu: పన�న� (pannu)
Thai: Thai|�ั� (fan)
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trans-top|gear tooth
Czech: zub m
Dutch: tand#Dutch|tand m
Finnish: hammas#Finnish|hammas
French: dent m
German: Zahn m
Hindi: दा�त़ (d��t) m
Hungarian: fog#Hungarian|fog
trans-mid
Latvian: zobs m
Romanian: dinte m
Russian: з�б (zub) m, з�б�� (zúb�ja) p; з�бе� (zubéts) m, з�б�� (zubtsý) p
Serbian: zub, zubac
Tatar: ti�
Telugu: పన�న� (pannu)
Thai: Thai|�ั� (fan)
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Derived terms
rel-top|derived terms
dogtooth
eyetooth
in the teeth of
toothache
tooth and nail
toothbrush
rel-mid
toothless
toothpaste
toothpick
toothsome
toothy
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See also
rel-top|see also
bicuspid
canine
cuspid
dental
dentist
denture
fang
rel-mid
incisor
molar
orling
premolar
prong
tine
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Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

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