Meanings
plural toothpastes
- countableuncountableA paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.
tube of toothpaste
5 more examples
fluoride toothpaste
whitening toothpaste
squeeze toothpaste
She squeezed a bit of toothpaste onto her toothbrush.
The dentist recommended a fluoride toothpaste.
Synonyms: dentifrice
present singular third person toothpastes · participle present toothpasting · participle past toothpasted · past toothpasted
- To cover, or smear, with toothpaste.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.
Origin
From tooth + paste. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskepasta (“toothpaste”), West Frisian toskpoetserguod (“toothpaste”), Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”), German Zahnpasta, Zahnpaste (“toothpaste”), Danish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Swedish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Icelandic tannkrem (“toothpaste”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans tandepasta
- tandepastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Arabic مَعْجُون الأَسْنَان
- مَعْجُون الأَسْنَان (maʕjūn al-ʔasnān)paste for cleaning the teeth
Bengali টুথপেস্ট
- টুথপেস্ট (ṭuthopesṭ)paste for cleaning the teeth
Bulgarian па́ста за зъ́би
- па́ста за зъ́би (pásta za zắbi)paste for cleaning the teeth
Catalan pasta de dents
- pasta de dentspaste for cleaning the teeth
Chinese Cantonese 牙膏
- 牙膏 (ngaa⁴ gou¹)paste for cleaning the teeth
Chinese Mandarin 牙膏
- 牙膏 (yágāo)paste for cleaning the teeth
Czech zubní pasta
- zubní pastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Danish tandpasta
- tandpastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Dutch tandpasta
- tandpastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Esperanto dentopasto
- dentopastopaste for cleaning the teeth
Estonian hambapasta
- hambapastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Finnish hammastahna
- hammastahnapaste for cleaning the teeth
French dentifrice, pâte à dents
- dentifricepaste for cleaning the teeth
- pâte à dentspaste for cleaning the teeth
German Zahnpasta, Zahncreme
- Zahnpastapaste for cleaning the teeth
- Zahncremepaste for cleaning the teeth
- Zahncrèmepaste for cleaning the teeth
- Zahnpastepaste for cleaning the teeth
Greek οδοντόκρεμα, οδοντόπαστα
- οδοντόκρεμα (odontókrema)paste for cleaning the teeth
- οδοντόπαστα (odontópasta)paste for cleaning the teeth
Hebrew משחת שיניים/מִשְׁחַת שִׁנַּיִם
- משחת שיניים/מִשְׁחַת שִׁנַּיִם (mishchát shináyim)paste for cleaning the teeth
Hindi दन्तमंजन, दंतमंजन
- दन्तमंजन (dantamañjan)paste for cleaning the teeth
- दंतमंजन (dantmañjan)paste for cleaning the teeth
- टूथपेस्ट (ṭūthpesṭ)paste for cleaning the teeth
Hungarian fogkrém
- fogkrémpaste for cleaning the teeth
Icelandic tannkrem
- tannkrempaste for cleaning the teeth
Indonesian pasta gigi, tapal gigi
- pasta gigipaste for cleaning the teeth
- tapal gigipaste for cleaning the teeth
- odolpaste for cleaning the teeth
Irish taos fiacla
- taos fiaclapaste for cleaning the teeth
Italian dentifricio
- dentifriciopaste for cleaning the teeth
Japanese 歯磨き粉, 練り歯磨き
- 歯磨き粉 (hamigakiko)paste for cleaning the teeth
- 練り歯磨き (nerihamigaki)paste for cleaning the teeth
- 歯磨剤 (shimazai)paste for cleaning the teeth
Korean 치약
- 치약 (chiyak)paste for cleaning the teeth
Latin dentifricium
- dentifriciumpaste for cleaning the teeth
Latvian zobu pasta
- zobu pastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Lithuanian dantų pasta
- dantų pastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Malay ubat gigi
- ubat gigipaste for cleaning the teeth
Māori pēniho
- pēnihopaste for cleaning the teeth
Norwegian Bokmål tannkrem, tannpasta
- tannkrempaste for cleaning the teeth
- tannpastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Polish pasta do zębów
- pasta do zębówpaste for cleaning the teeth
Portuguese pasta de dente, creme dental
- pasta de dentepaste for cleaning the teeth
- creme dentalpaste for cleaning the teeth
- pasta de dentespaste for cleaning the teeth
Romanian pastă de dinți
- pastă de dințipaste for cleaning the teeth
Russian зубна́я па́ста
- зубна́я па́ста (zubnája pásta)paste for cleaning the teeth
Slovak zubná pasta
- zubná pastapaste for cleaning the teeth
Spanish crema/pasta dental/dentaria/dentífrica, pasta de dientes
- crema/pasta dental/dentaria/dentífricapaste for cleaning the teeth
- pasta de dientespaste for cleaning the teeth
- dentífricopaste for cleaning the teeth
- kolinospaste for cleaning the teeth
- kolynospaste for cleaning the teeth
Swahili dawa ya meno
- dawa ya menopaste for cleaning the teeth
Swedish tandkräm
- tandkrämpaste for cleaning the teeth
Tagalog pasta sa ngipin, kremang pansipilyo
- pasta sa ngipinpaste for cleaning the teeth
- kremang pansipilyopaste for cleaning the teeth
Tamil பற்பசை
- பற்பசை (paṟpacai)paste for cleaning the teeth
Thai ยาสีฟัน
- ยาสีฟัน (yaa-sǐi-fan)paste for cleaning the teeth
Turkish diş macunu
- diş macunupaste for cleaning the teeth
Ukrainian зубна́ па́ста
- зубна́ па́ста (zubná pásta)paste for cleaning the teeth
Urdu ٹُوتھ پیسْٹ
- ٹُوتھ پیسْٹ (ṭūth pesṭ)paste for cleaning the teeth
Vietnamese kem đánh răng, thuốc đánh răng
- kem đánh răngpaste for cleaning the teeth
- thuốc đánh răngpaste for cleaning the teeth
Welsh past dannedd
- past danneddpaste for cleaning the teeth
Cite this entry
toothpaste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothpaste
“toothpaste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothpaste. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toothpaste,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothpaste.
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