Meanings
nounmilk tooth (plural milk teeth)
plural milk teeth · alternative milk-tooth
- Any tooth of the first set of teeth of young people (or animals).
Synonyms: baby tooth, deciduous tooth, primary tooth, temporary tooth
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny tooth of the first set of teeth of young people (or animals).
More synonyms by meaning
nounone of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سِنّ لَبَنِيَّة
- سِنّ لَبَنِيَّة (sinn labaniyya)tooth of the first set of teeth
Bengali দুধের দাঁত, দুধ দাঁত
- দুধের দাঁত (dudher dãt)tooth of the first set of teeth
- দুধ দাঁত (dudh dãt)tooth of the first set of teeth
- দুধে দাঁত (dudhe dãt)tooth of the first set of teeth
Bulgarian мле́чен зъб
- мле́чен зъб (mléčen zăb)tooth of the first set of teeth
Catalan dent decídua, dent caduca
- dent decíduatooth of the first set of teeth
- dent caducatooth of the first set of teeth
- dent de llettooth of the first set of teeth
Chinese Mandarin 乳齒 /乳齿
- 乳齒 /乳齿 (rǔchǐ)tooth of the first set of teeth
Czech mléčný zub
- mléčný zubtooth of the first set of teeth
Danish mælketand
- mælketandtooth of the first set of teeth
Dutch melktand
- melktandtooth of the first set of teeth
Esperanto laktodento
- laktodentotooth of the first set of teeth
Estonian piimahammas
- piimahammastooth of the first set of teeth
Finnish maitohammas
- maitohammastooth of the first set of teeth
French dent de lait, dent laniaire
- dent de laittooth of the first set of teeth
- dent laniairetooth of the first set of teeth
German Milchzahn
- Milchzahntooth of the first set of teeth
Hebrew שֵׁן חָלָב
- שֵׁן חָלָב (shen khaláv)tooth of the first set of teeth
Hindi दूध के दाँत, दुग्धदंत
- दूध के दाँत (dūdh ke dā̃t)tooth of the first set of teeth
- दुग्धदंत (dugdhadant)tooth of the first set of teeth
Hungarian tejfog
- tejfogtooth of the first set of teeth
Icelandic mjólkurtönn, barnatönn
- mjólkurtönntooth of the first set of teeth
- barnatönntooth of the first set of teeth
Irish fiacail diúil
- fiacail diúiltooth of the first set of teeth
Italian dente da latte
- dente da lattetooth of the first set of teeth
Japanese 乳歯
- 乳歯 (nyūshi)tooth of the first set of teeth
Korean 젖니, 유치
- 젖니 (jeonni)tooth of the first set of teeth
- 유치 (yuchi)tooth of the first set of teeth
Latvian piena zobs
- piena zobstooth of the first set of teeth
Malay gigi susu
- gigi susutooth of the first set of teeth
Māori niho kai waiū
- niho kai waiūtooth of the first set of teeth
Norwegian Bokmål melketann, mjølketann
- melketanntooth of the first set of teeth
- mjølketanntooth of the first set of teeth
Persian دندان شیری
- دندان شیری (dandân-e širi)tooth of the first set of teeth
Polish mleczak, ząb mleczny
- mleczaktooth of the first set of teeth
- ząb mlecznytooth of the first set of teeth
Portuguese dente de leite
- dente de leitetooth of the first set of teeth
Romanian dinte de lapte
- dinte de laptetooth of the first set of teeth
Russian моло́чный зуб, зубо́к
- моло́чный зуб (molóčnyj zub)tooth of the first set of teeth
- зубо́к (zubók)tooth of the first set of teeth
- зу́бик (zúbik)tooth of the first set of teeth
Slovak mliečny zub
- mliečny zubtooth of the first set of teeth
Spanish diente deciduo, diente temporáneo
- diente deciduotooth of the first set of teeth
- diente temporáneotooth of the first set of teeth
- diente infantiltooth of the first set of teeth
- diente de la primera denticióntooth of the first set of teeth
- diente de lechetooth of the first set of teeth
Swedish mjölktand
- mjölktandtooth of the first set of teeth
Tagalog ngiping kanin
- ngiping kanintooth of the first set of teeth
Tamil பாற்பல்
- பாற்பல் (pāṟpal)tooth of the first set of teeth
Thai ฟันน้ำนม
- ฟันน้ำนม (fan-náam-nom)tooth of the first set of teeth
Turkish süt dişi, kuzu dişi
- süt dişitooth of the first set of teeth
- kuzu dişitooth of the first set of teeth
Ukrainian моло́чний зуб
- моло́чний зуб (molóčnyj zub)tooth of the first set of teeth
Vietnamese răng sữa
- răng sữatooth of the first set of teeth
Cite this entry
APA
milk tooth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20tooth
MLA
“milk tooth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20tooth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milk tooth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20tooth.
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