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cuspid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkʌspɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: eyetooth (only in humans); fang, fangtooth (particularly elongated cuspids in certain animals)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, dogtooth, unicuspid, eyetooth, fang, fangtooth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tooth, structure, part

2

noun

Meaning 2

one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tooth

Narrower terms: fang

History

Etymology

From Latin cuspid-, stem of cuspis (“point, apex”). Doublet of cusp and cuspis.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَاب (nāb) — tooth with a single point
  • Arabic: ناب (nab) — tooth with a single point
  • Armenian: ժանիք (žanikʻ) — tooth with a single point
  • Bulgarian: кучешки зъб (kučeški zǎb) — tooth with a single point
  • Burmese: စွယ် (cwai) — tooth with a single point
  • Catalan: dent canina — tooth with a single point
  • Catalan: ullal — tooth with a single point
  • Chinese Cantonese: 犬齒 /犬齿 (hyun2 ci2) — tooth with a single point
  • Chinese: kak-khí — tooth with a single point
  • Chinese Mandarin: 犬齒 /犬齿 (quǎnchǐ) — tooth with a single point
  • Corsican: dente di l'ochju — tooth with a single point
  • Czech: špičák — tooth with a single point
  • Dhivehi: އަރިމަތީ ދަތް (arimatī dat̊) — tooth with a single point
  • Dutch: hoektand — tooth with a single point
  • Esperanto: kanino — tooth with a single point
  • Finnish: kulmahammas — tooth with a single point
  • Finnish: raateluhammas (carnivors) — tooth with a single point
  • French: dent œillère — tooth with a single point
  • French: dent de l'œil — tooth with a single point
  • Galician: cairo — tooth with a single point
  • Galician: canteiro — tooth with a single point
  • Georgian: ეშვი (ešvi) — tooth with a single point
  • German: Augenzahn — tooth with a single point
  • German: Eckzahn — tooth with a single point
  • Greek: κυνόδοντας (kynódontas) — tooth with a single point
  • Ancient Greek: κῠνόδους (kŭnódous) — tooth with a single point
  • Hebrew: נִיב (niv) — tooth with a single point
  • Hungarian: szemfog — tooth with a single point
  • Icelandic: augntönn — tooth with a single point
  • Icelandic: vígtönn — tooth with a single point
  • Indonesian: taring — tooth with a single point
  • Ingrian: silmähammas — tooth with a single point
  • Irish: cíocrán — tooth with a single point
  • Irish: gonán — tooth with a single point
  • Irish: géarán — tooth with a single point
  • Irish: starrfhiacail — tooth with a single point
  • Italian: canino — tooth with a single point
  • Japanese: 犬歯 (kenshi) — tooth with a single point
  • Japanese: 糸切り歯 (ito-kiri-ba) — tooth with a single point
  • Kabyle: ugel — tooth with a single point
  • Kapampangan: patsit — tooth with a single point
  • Northern Kurdish: diranê qîl — tooth with a single point
  • Latvian: acu zobs — tooth with a single point
  • Macedonian: песјак (pesjak) — tooth with a single point
  • Macedonian: очник (očnik) — tooth with a single point
  • Macedonian: кучешки заб (kučeški zab) — tooth with a single point
  • Malay: siung — tooth with a single point
  • Malay: taring — tooth with a single point
  • Malay: gigi kanin — tooth with a single point
  • Māori: niho kata — tooth with a single point
  • Māori: niho rei — tooth with a single point
  • Mizo: ha uingho — tooth with a single point
  • Norwegian: hoggtann — tooth with a single point
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjørnetann — tooth with a single point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjørnetann — tooth with a single point
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hyrnetann — tooth with a single point
  • Polish: kieł — tooth with a single point
  • Portuguese: dente canino — tooth with a single point
  • Portuguese: canino — tooth with a single point
  • Romanian: canin — tooth with a single point
  • Russian: клык (klyk) — tooth with a single point
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏чња̄к — tooth with a single point
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏сја̄к — tooth with a single point
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍčnjāk — tooth with a single point
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁsjāk — tooth with a single point
  • Slovak: očný zub — tooth with a single point
  • Slovak: tesák — tooth with a single point
  • Slovak: špiciak — tooth with a single point
  • Spanish: canino — tooth with a single point
  • Spanish: colmillo — tooth with a single point
  • Spanish: columelar — tooth with a single point
  • Spanish: canero — tooth with a single point
  • Spanish: canil — tooth with a single point
  • Sundanese: sihung — tooth with a single point
  • Swedish: huggtand — tooth with a single point
  • Tagalog: panigbi — tooth with a single point
  • Tagalog: pamangal — tooth with a single point
  • Tagalog: pangalis — tooth with a single point
  • Telugu: రదనికలు (radanikalu) — tooth with a single point
  • Thai: ฟันเขี้ยว (fan-kîao) — tooth with a single point
  • Turkish: köpek dişi — tooth with a single point
  • Vietnamese: răng nanh — tooth with a single point
  • Volapük: jokatut — tooth with a single point
  • Welsh: dant llygad — tooth with a single point