Meanings
tooth1
plural teeth
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
tooth decay
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
Synonyms: sawtooth
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- The property of resisting slippage when knotted.
Jute has more tooth than polypropylene.
- biologyA projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
Species XXXVI. Obliquaria bullata— (Unio bullata) […] Found at the falls of Ohio; rare; breadth almost two inches; cardinal and lamellar teeth like preceding species; apices rounded, decorticated, but not truncated
1832, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, A monograph of the fluviatile bivalve shells of the river Ohio, page 43 - algebraic geometryAn irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
present singular third person tooths · participle present toothing · participle past toothed · past toothed
- To provide or furnish with teeth.
His Wife sate near him, teasing matted wool, / While, from the twin cards toothed with glittering wire / He fed the spindle […]
1815, William Wordsworth, The Brothers - To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
Whereas if the Header of one side of the wall, toothed as much as the Stretcher on the other side, it would be a stronger Toothing, and the joints of the Header on one side, would be in the middle of the Headers of the course they lie upon of the other side
1678, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: or the Doctrine of Handy-works, page 260
Tooth2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
- Proto-Germanic*tanþs
- Proto-West Germanic*tanþ
- Old Englishtōþ
- Middle Englishtoth
- Englishtooth
From Middle English toth, tothe, tooth, from Old English tōþ, from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Doublet of dent, dens, tind, and tine. Related to tusk. Cognates Cognate with Scots tuith (“tooth”), North Frisian Ter, teän, tosch, toske, tuis, tus, tusch, täis (“tooth”), Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Bavarian Zåhn (“tooth”), Dutch tand (“tooth”), German Zahn (“tooth”), Limburgish tandj (“tooth”), Luxembourgish Zant (“tooth”), Vilamovian cōn (“tooth”), Yiddish צאָן (tson, “tooth”), Danish and Swedish tand (“tooth”), Faroese tonn (“tooth”), Icelandic tönn (“tooth”), Norn *tann, *tant (“tooth”), Norwegian Bokmål tann (“tooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk tann, tonn (“tooth”), Breton and Welsh dant (“tooth”), Cornish dans (“tooth”), Irish déad (“tooth”), Scottish Gaelic deud (“tooth”), Asturian, Leonese, Mirandese, and Spanish diente (“tooth”), Aragonese dien (“tooth”), Catalan and French dent (“tooth”), Galician, Italian, and Portuguese dente (“tooth”), Romanian dinte (“tooth”), Latin dēns (“tooth”), Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), Lithuanian dantis (“tooth”), Belarusian дзясна́ (dzjasná, “gum”), Bulgarian and Russian десна (desna, “gum”), Czech dáseň (“gum”), Polish dziąsło (“gum”), Serbo-Croatian dȇsni (“gum”), Slovak ďasno (“gum”), Slovene dlesni (“gum”), Ukrainian я́сна (jásna, “gum”), Armenian ատամ (atam, “tooth”), Ossetian дӕндаг (dændag, “tooth”), Baluchi دنتان (dantán), دتھاں (datʰāⁿ, “tooth”), Central Kurdish ددان (ddan, “tooth”), Northern Kurdish didan, diran (“tooth”), Persian دندان (dandân, “tooth”), Sanskrit दत् (dat), दन्त (danta, “tooth”).
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Afrikaans tand
- tandanatomy: tooth
Ancient Greek ὀδούς, κῠνόδοντες
- ὀδούς (odoús)anatomy: tooth
- κῠνόδοντες (kŭnódontes)saw tooth
Arabic سِنّ, سن
- سِنّ (sinn)anatomy: tooth
- سن (senn)anatomy: tooth
- سنة (senna)anatomy: tooth
- سنان (senan)anatomy: tooth
- سنة (sanna)anatomy: tooth
Basque hortz
- hortzanatomy: tooth
Bengali দাঁত, দান্দান
- দাঁত (dãt)anatomy: tooth
- দান্দান (dandan)anatomy: tooth
- দন্ত (donto)anatomy: tooth
- দশন (dośon)anatomy: tooth
- রদ (rod)anatomy: tooth
- দংষ্ট্র (doṅśṭro)anatomy: tooth
Bulgarian зъб, зъбец
- зъб (zăb)gear tooth — see also cog
- зъбец (zăbec)gear tooth — see also cog
- зъб (zăb)anatomy: tooth
- зъб (zăb)saw tooth
Catalan dent, dent
- dentgear tooth — see also cog
- dentanatomy: tooth
- dentsaw tooth
Chinese я, ня
- я (ia)anatomy: tooth
- ня (nia)anatomy: tooth
- 喙齒 /喙齿 (chhùi-khí)anatomy: tooth
Chinese Cantonese 牙
- 牙 (ngaa⁴)anatomy: tooth
Chinese Mandarin 牙齒 /牙齿, 牙
- 牙齒 /牙齿 (yáchǐ)anatomy: tooth
- 牙 (yá)anatomy: tooth
- 齒 /齿 (chǐ)anatomy: tooth
Czech zub, zub
- zubgear tooth — see also cog
- zubanatomy: tooth
- zubsaw tooth
Danish tand, tand
- tandanatomy: tooth
- tandsaw tooth
Dari دَنْدَان
- دَنْدَان (dandān)anatomy: tooth
Dutch tand, tand
- tandgear tooth — see also cog
- tandanatomy: tooth
- tandsaw tooth
- zaagtandsaw tooth
Esperanto dento
- dentoanatomy: tooth
Estonian hammas
- hammasanatomy: tooth
Finnish hammas, nystyrä
- hammasgear tooth — see also cog
- nystyräzoology: projection resembling a tooth
- hammasbotany: pointed projection from the margin of a leaf
- hammasanatomy: tooth
- pitostickiness of rope
- hammasfigurative: liking
- hammassaw tooth
- sahanhammassaw tooth
French dent, dent
- dentgear tooth — see also cog
- dentanatomy: tooth
- dentsaw tooth
German Zahn, Zahn
- Zahngear tooth — see also cog
- Zahnanatomy: tooth
- Zahnsaw tooth
- Sägezahnsaw tooth
Greek δόντι, δόντι
- δόντι (dónti)gear tooth — see also cog
- δόντι (dónti)anatomy: tooth
- δόντι (dónti)saw tooth
Hawaiian niho
- nihoanatomy: tooth
Hebrew שֵׁן
- שֵׁן (shen)anatomy: tooth
Hindi दाँत, दान्त
- दाँत (dā̃t)gear tooth — see also cog
- दान्त (dānt)gear tooth — see also cog
- दाँत (dā̃t)anatomy: tooth
- दान्त (dānt)anatomy: tooth
- दांत (dānt)anatomy: tooth
- दाँत (dā̃t)saw tooth
- दान्त (dānt)saw tooth
Hungarian fog, fog
- foggear tooth — see also cog
- foganatomy: tooth
- fogsaw tooth
Icelandic tönn, tönn
- tönnanatomy: tooth
- tönnsaw tooth
Indonesian gigi, danta
- gigianatomy: tooth
- dantaanatomy: tooth
Iranian Persian دَنْدان, دَنْدون
- دَنْدان (dandân)anatomy: tooth
- دَنْدون (dandun)anatomy: tooth
- دَنْدانِه (dandâne)saw tooth
Irish fiacail, fiacail
- fiacailanatomy: tooth
- fiacailsaw tooth
Italian dente, dente
- dentegear tooth — see also cog
- denteanatomy: tooth
- dentesaw tooth
Japanese 歯, 鋸歯
- 歯 (ha)anatomy: tooth
- 鋸歯 (nokogiriba)saw tooth
Korean 톱니, 이
- 톱니 (tomni)gear tooth — see also cog
- 이 (i)anatomy: tooth
- 니 (ni)anatomy: tooth
- 이빨 (ippal)anatomy: tooth
- 치아 (chia)anatomy: tooth
- 강냉이 (gangnaeng'i)anatomy: tooth
- 톱니 (tomni)saw tooth
Latin dēns
- dēnsanatomy: tooth
Latvian zobs, zobs
- zobsgear tooth — see also cog
- zobsanatomy: tooth
- zobssaw tooth
Lithuanian dantis
- dantisanatomy: tooth
Malay gigi, danta
- gigianatomy: tooth
- dantaanatomy: tooth
- gerigisaw tooth
Māori niho
- nihoanatomy: tooth
Norwegian Bokmål tann, tann
- tannanatomy: tooth
- tannsaw tooth
Polish ząb, ząb
- ząbgear tooth — see also cog
- ząbanatomy: tooth
- ząbsaw tooth
Portuguese dente, dente
- dentegear tooth — see also cog
- denteanatomy: tooth
- dentesaw tooth
Punjabi ਦੰਦ, ਡੰਦ
- ਦੰਦ (dand)anatomy: tooth
- ਡੰਦ (ḍand)anatomy: tooth
Romanian dinte, dinte
- dintegear tooth — see also cog
- dinteanatomy: tooth
- dintesaw tooth
Russian зуб, зу́бья
- зуб (zub)gear tooth — see also cog
- зу́бья (zúbʹja)gear tooth — see also cog
- зубе́ц (zubéc)gear tooth — see also cog
- зуб (zub)anatomy: tooth
- зуб (zub)saw tooth
- зу́бья (zúbʹja)saw tooth
- зубе́ц (zubéc)saw tooth
Scottish Gaelic fiacaill, fiacaill
- fiacaillgear tooth — see also cog
- fiacaillanatomy: tooth
- fiacaillsaw tooth
Slovak zub, zub
- zubgear tooth — see also cog
- zubanatomy: tooth
- zubsaw tooth
Spanish diente, leva
- dientegear tooth — see also cog
- levagear tooth — see also cog
- álabegear tooth — see also cog
- levadorgear tooth — see also cog
- dienteanatomy: tooth
- piñoanatomy: tooth
- dientesaw tooth
Swahili jino, meno
- jinoanatomy: tooth
- menoanatomy: tooth
Swedish kugge, hjultand
- kuggegear tooth — see also cog
- hjultandgear tooth — see also cog
- kugggear tooth — see also cog
- tandanatomy: tooth
- tandsaw tooth
- sågtandsaw tooth
Tagalog ngipin
- ngipinanatomy: tooth
Tamil பல்
- பல் (pal)anatomy: tooth
Thai ฟัน, เฟือง
- ฟัน (fan)gear tooth — see also cog
- เฟือง (fʉʉang)gear tooth — see also cog
- ฟัน (fan)anatomy: tooth
- ทันต์ (tan)anatomy: tooth
- กราม (graam)anatomy: tooth
- ฟัน (fan)saw tooth
- เฟือง (fʉʉang)saw tooth
Turkish diş
- dişanatomy: tooth
Ukrainian зубе́ць, зуб
- зубе́ць (zubécʹ)gear tooth — see also cog
- зуб (zub)gear tooth — see also cog
- зуб (zub)anatomy: tooth
- зубе́ць (zubécʹ)saw tooth
- зуб (zub)saw tooth
Urdu دان٘ت, دَنْدان
- دان٘ت (dā̃t)anatomy: tooth
- دَنْدان (dandān)anatomy: tooth
Vietnamese răng, răng
- rănggear tooth — see also cog
- rănganatomy: tooth
- răngsaw tooth
Welsh dant
- dantanatomy: tooth
Yiddish צאָן
- צאָן (tson)anatomy: tooth
Zulu izinyo
- izinyoanatomy: tooth
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Cite this entry
tooth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tooth
“tooth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tooth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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