apicodental

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adjective

Made with the apex of the tongue touching the upper front of the teeth, as in apicodental stop.

OriginEnglish dental ← Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta →
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Meanings

adjectiveapicodental (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesMade with the apex of the tongue touching the upper front of the teeth, as in apicodental stop.
nounapicodental (plural apicodentals)

plural apicodentals

  1. human sciencesA apicodental sound.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*apeks
  3. Latinapex
  4. Englishapico-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  7. Proto-Italic*dents
  8. Latindēns
  9. Medieval Latindentālis
  10. Middle Frenchdenta
  11. Late Latindentālis
  12. Englishdental
  13. Englishapicodental

From apico- + dental.

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Translations

French apicodental
  • apicodentalTranslations
Greek ακροδοντικός
  • ακροδοντικός (akrodontikós)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with apicodental

environmentalrentaldentalexperimentalcontinentaldevelopmentalgentleinstrumentaldepartmentalaccidentalelementalintergovernmentaloccidentaltranscendentalnongovernmentalcoincidentallentiljudgmentalinterdepartmentaltemperamentalentalcompartmentalunsentimentalcental
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Anagrams

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APA

apicodental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apicodental

MLA

“apicodental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apicodental. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apicodental,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apicodental.

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