dentalize

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verb

To make (a speech sound) dental.

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

verbdentalize (third-person singular simple present dentalizes, present participle dentalizing, simple past and past participle dentalized)

present singular third person dentalizes · participle present dentalizing · participle past dentalized · past dentalized

  1. transitivehuman sciencesTo make (a speech sound) dental.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  3. Proto-Italic*dents
  4. Latindēns
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Medieval Latindentālis
  8. Middle Frenchdenta
  9. Late Latindentālis
  10. Englishdental
  11. Englishdentalize

From dental + -ize.

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APA

dentalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentalize

MLA

“dentalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dentalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentalize.

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