Meanings
verbinterdentalize (third-person singular simple present interdentalizes, present participle interdentalizing, simple past and past participle interdentalized)
present singular third person interdentalizes · participle present interdentalizing · participle past interdentalized · past interdentalized
- transitivehuman sciencesTo make (a speech sound) interdental.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
- Proto-Italic*dents
- Latindēns
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latindentālis
- Middle Frenchdenta
- Late Latindentālis
- Englishdental
- Englishinterdental
- Englishinterdentalize
From interdental + -ize.
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APA
interdentalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdentalize
MLA
“interdentalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdentalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interdentalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdentalize.
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