postdental

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adjective

Produced by placing the tip of the tongue at the back of the upper front teeth

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

adjectivepostdental (not comparable)
  1. not comparableProduced by placing the tip of the tongue at the back of the upper front teeth
nounpostdental (plural postdentals)

plural postdentals

  1. Such a consonant

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  9. Proto-Italic*dents
  10. Latindēns
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Medieval Latindentālis
  14. Middle Frenchdenta
  15. Late Latindentālis
  16. Englishdental
  17. Englishpostdental

From post- + dental.

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Translations

Italian postdentale, postdentale
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with postdental

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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