premolar

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US/ˈpriːmoʊlɚ/UK/ˈpriːməʊlə/UK/ˈpriːməʊləɹ/

noun

A tooth located in front of the molars, especially the bicuspid tooth between the cuspids and molars in humans.

Similar
bicuspid
OriginLatin dens →
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Meanings

nounpremolar (plural premolars)

plural premolars · alternative praemolar

  1. A tooth located in front of the molars, especially the bicuspid tooth between the cuspids and molars in humans.

    He opened and let out a hogo of medicinal rum and beer. The bad tooth was a premolar.

    1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

    Synonyms: bicuspid

adjectivepremolar (not comparable)

alternative praemolar

  1. not comparableBefore a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tooth located in front of the molars, especially the bicuspid tooth between the cuspids and molars in humans.

Similar
bicuspid

More synonyms by meaning

nouna tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars

Similar
bicuspid
Broader
tooth
Also see
bicuspid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latindens
  2. Englishpremolar

Clipping of premolar tooth, calque of Latin dens praemolaris. Equivalent to pre- + molar.

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Translations

Arabic نَاجِذ, ضَاحِك
  • نَاجِذ (nājiḏ)tooth
  • ضَاحِك (ḍāḥik)tooth
Catalan premolar
  • premolartooth
Chinese Mandarin 小臼齒 /小臼齿
  • 小臼齒 /小臼齿 (xiǎojiùchǐ)tooth
Czech třenový zub, třenák
  • třenový zubtooth
  • třenáktooth
Esperanto antaŭmolaro, premolaro
  • antaŭmolarotooth
  • premolarotooth
Finnish välihammas
  • välihammastooth
French prémolaire, bicuspide
  • prémolairetooth
  • bicuspidetooth
German Prämolar, Vormahlzahn
  • Prämolartooth
  • Vormahlzahntooth
Greek προγόμφιος
  • προγόμφιος (progómfios)tooth
Hebrew מַלְתָּעָה, קְדַם טוֹחֶנֶת
  • מַלְתָּעָה (malta'á)tooth
  • קְדַם טוֹחֶנֶת (qdam toḥenét)tooth
Hindi अग्रचर्वणक
  • अग्रचर्वणक (agracarvaṇak)tooth
Icelandic forjaxl, framjaxl
  • forjaxltooth
  • framjaxltooth
Italian premolare
  • premolaretooth
Japanese 小臼歯
  • 小臼歯 (shōkyūshi)tooth
Māori niho pūrākau, niho pū
  • niho pūrākautooth
  • niho pūtooth
Norwegian Bokmål premolar
  • premolartooth
Polish przedtrzonowiec
  • przedtrzonowiectooth
Portuguese pré-molar
  • pré-molartooth
Romanian premolar
  • premolartooth
Russian премоля́р
  • премоля́р (premoljár)tooth
Slovak črenový zub
  • črenový zubtooth
Spanish bicúspide
  • bicúspidetooth
Tagalog talubagang
  • talubagangtooth
Thai ฟันกรามน้อย
  • ฟันกรามน้อย (fan-graam-nɔ́ɔi)tooth
Turkish ön azı dişi, küçük azı dişi
  • ön azı dişitooth
  • küçük azı dişitooth

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with premolar

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Anagrams

premoral
Cite this entry
APA

premolar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premolar

MLA

“premolar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premolar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premolar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premolar.

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