Meanings
plural cuspids
- A pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
Near-synonyms: eyetooth (only in humans); fang, fangtooth (particularly elongated cuspids in certain animals)
Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, dogtooth, unicuspid, eyetooth, fang, fangtooth
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
More synonyms by meaning
nounone of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincuspis
- Latincuspid-
- Englishcuspid
From Latin cuspid-, stem of cuspis (“point, apex”). Doublet of cusp and cuspis.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κῠνόδους
- κῠνόδους (kŭnódous)tooth with a single point
Arabic نَاب
- نَاب (nāb)tooth with a single point
Bulgarian кучешки зъб
- кучешки зъб (kučeški zăb)tooth with a single point
Catalan dent canina, ullal
- dent caninatooth with a single point
- ullaltooth with a single point
Chinese Cantonese 犬齒 /犬齿
- 犬齒 /犬齿 (hyun² ci²)tooth with a single point
Chinese Mandarin 犬齒 /犬齿
- 犬齒 /犬齿 (quǎnchǐ)tooth with a single point
Czech špičák
- špičáktooth with a single point
Dutch hoektand
- hoektandtooth with a single point
Esperanto kanino
- kaninotooth with a single point
Finnish kulmahammas, raateluhammas (carnivors)
- kulmahammastooth with a single point
- raateluhammas (carnivors)tooth with a single point
French dent œillère, dent de l'œil
- dent œillèretooth with a single point
- dent de l'œiltooth with a single point
German Augenzahn, Eckzahn
- Augenzahntooth with a single point
- Eckzahntooth with a single point
Greek κυνόδοντας
- κυνόδοντας (kynódontas)tooth with a single point
Hebrew נִיב
- נִיב (niv)tooth with a single point
Hindi भेदक, रदनक
- भेदक (bhedak)tooth with a single point
- रदनक (radnak)tooth with a single point
Hungarian szemfog
- szemfogtooth with a single point
Icelandic augntönn, vígtönn
- augntönntooth with a single point
- vígtönntooth with a single point
Indonesian taring
- taringtooth with a single point
Irish cíocrán, gonán
- cíocrántooth with a single point
- gonántooth with a single point
- géarántooth with a single point
- starrfhiacailtooth with a single point
Italian canino
- caninotooth with a single point
Japanese 犬歯, 糸切り歯
- 犬歯 (kenshi)tooth with a single point
- 糸切り歯 (ito-kiri-ba)tooth with a single point
Latvian acu zobs
- acu zobstooth with a single point
Malay siung, taring
- siungtooth with a single point
- taringtooth with a single point
- gigi kanintooth with a single point
Māori niho kata, niho rei
- niho katatooth with a single point
- niho reitooth with a single point
Norwegian hoggtann
- hoggtanntooth with a single point
Norwegian Bokmål hjørnetann
- hjørnetanntooth with a single point
Polish kieł
- kiełtooth with a single point
Portuguese dente canino, canino
- dente caninotooth with a single point
- caninotooth with a single point
Romanian canin
- canintooth with a single point
Russian клык
- клык (klyk)tooth with a single point
Slovak očný zub, tesák
- očný zubtooth with a single point
- tesáktooth with a single point
- špiciaktooth with a single point
Spanish canino, colmillo
- caninotooth with a single point
- colmillotooth with a single point
- columelartooth with a single point
- canerotooth with a single point
- caniltooth with a single point
Swedish huggtand
- huggtandtooth with a single point
Tagalog panigbi, pamangal
- panigbitooth with a single point
- pamangaltooth with a single point
- pangalistooth with a single point
Thai ฟันเขี้ยว
- ฟันเขี้ยว (fan-kîao)tooth with a single point
Turkish köpek dişi, azı
- köpek dişitooth with a single point
- azıtooth with a single point
Vietnamese răng nanh
- răng nanhtooth with a single point
Welsh dant llygad
- dant llygadtooth with a single point
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Cite this entry
cuspid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuspid
“cuspid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuspid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuspid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuspid.
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