Meanings
plural toothaches
- countableuncountablemedicineA pain or ache in a tooth.
I often have toothache.
1 more example
Keepers noticed that Bruce was not eating his food. They sent him to Royal Zoological Society of Scotland vets who discovered he was suffering from toothache.
2026 September 24, “Edinburgh Zoo's red panda goes to the vet for toothache”, in BBC News, retrieved 24 Sep 2026Synonyms: dentalgia, odontalgia, teethache
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pain or ache in a tooth.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishtōþeċe“toothache”
- Middle Englishtoth-ake
- Englishtoothache
From Middle English toth-ake, from Old English tōþeċe (“toothache”). By surface analysis, tooth + ache.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans tandpyn
- tandpynache in a tooth
Arabic أَلَمُ أَسْنَان, أَلَمُ الْأَسْنَان
- أَلَمُ أَسْنَان (ʔalamu ʔasnān)ache in a tooth
- أَلَمُ الْأَسْنَان (ʔalamu l-ʔasnān)ache in a tooth
Bengali দাঁতের ব্যথা
- দাঁতের ব্যথা (dãter bêtha)ache in a tooth
Bulgarian зъбобо́л
- зъбобо́л (zăboból)ache in a tooth
Chinese Cantonese 牙痛, 齒痛 /齿痛
- 牙痛ache in a tooth
- 齒痛 /齿痛ache in a tooth
Chinese Mandarin 牙痛, 齒痛 /齿痛
- 牙痛 (yátòng)ache in a tooth
- 齒痛 /齿痛 (chǐtòng)ache in a tooth
Czech bolest zubů
- bolest zubůache in a tooth
Danish tandpine
- tandpineache in a tooth
Dutch tandpijn, kiespijn
- tandpijnache in a tooth
- kiespijnache in a tooth
Estonian hambavalu
- hambavaluache in a tooth
Finnish hammassärky
- hammassärkyache in a tooth
French mal aux dents, mal de dents
- mal aux dentsache in a tooth
- mal de dentsache in a tooth
German Zahnschmerz, Zahnweh
- Zahnschmerzache in a tooth
- Zahnwehache in a tooth
Greek πονόδοντος, οδονταλγία
- πονόδοντος (ponódontos)ache in a tooth
- οδονταλγία (odontalgía)ache in a tooth
Hawaiian niho huʻi
- niho huʻiache in a tooth
Hebrew כאב שיניים, כְּאֵב שִׁנַּיִם
- כאב שינייםache in a tooth
- כְּאֵב שִׁנַּיִם (ke'év shináyim)ache in a tooth
Hindi दाँत दर्द, दाँत का दर्द
- दाँत दर्द (dā̃t dard)ache in a tooth
- दाँत का दर्द (dā̃t kā dard)ache in a tooth
Hungarian fogfájás
- fogfájásache in a tooth
Icelandic tannpína
- tannpínaache in a tooth
Indonesian sakit gigi
- sakit gigiache in a tooth
Irish tinneas fiacaile, déideadh
- tinneas fiacaileache in a tooth
- déideadhache in a tooth
Italian mal di denti
- mal di dentiache in a tooth
Japanese 歯痛
- 歯痛 (shitsū)ache in a tooth
Korean 치통, 이앓이
- 치통 (chitong)ache in a tooth
- 이앓이 (iari)ache in a tooth
Latvian zobu sāpes
- zobu sāpesache in a tooth
Lithuanian dantų skausmas
- dantų skausmasache in a tooth
Malay sakit gigi
- sakit gigiache in a tooth
Māori niho tunga
- niho tungaache in a tooth
Norwegian Bokmål tannverk, tannpine
- tannverkache in a tooth
- tannpineache in a tooth
Polish ból zęba
- ból zębaache in a tooth
Portuguese dor de dente
- dor de denteache in a tooth
Romanian durere de dinți
- durere de dințiache in a tooth
Russian зубна́я боль
- зубна́я боль (zubnája bolʹ)ache in a tooth
Scottish Gaelic dèideadh
- dèideadhache in a tooth
Slovak bolesť zubov
- bolesť zubovache in a tooth
Swedish tandvärk
- tandvärkache in a tooth
Tagalog sakit-ngipin, sakit ng ngipin
- sakit-ngipinache in a tooth
- sakit ng ngipinache in a tooth
Thai ปวดฟัน
- ปวดฟัน (bpùuat-fan)ache in a tooth
Turkish diş ağrısı
- diş ağrısıache in a tooth
Ukrainian зубни́й біль
- зубни́й біль (zubnýj bilʹ)ache in a tooth
Urdu دان٘ت کا دَرْد
- دان٘ت کا دَرْد (dā̃t kā dard)ache in a tooth
Vietnamese đau răng, bệnh đau răng
- đau răngache in a tooth
- bệnh đau răngache in a tooth
Welsh dannoedd
- dannoeddache in a tooth
Cite this entry
toothache. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothache
“toothache.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothache. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toothache,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothache.
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