noun
Meaning 1
A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dentist
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɛntɪst/
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CMU ARPABET: D EH1 N T AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: D EH1 N T IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
Deliberate misspelling of Dengist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a person qualified to practice dentistry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tooth doctor, dental practitioner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medical practitioner, medical man
Narrower terms: dental surgeon, endodontist, exodontist, orthodontist, pedodontist, periodontist, prosthodontist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree French dent Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French dentistebor. English dentist Borrowed from French dentiste.
Across languages
Translations
131 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: tandarts — specialized tooth doctor
- Albanian: dentist — specialized tooth doctor
- Arabic: طَبِيب أَسْنَان (ṭabīb ʔasnān) — specialized tooth doctor
- Arabic: طَبِيبَة أَسْنَان (ṭabībat ʔasnān) — specialized tooth doctor
- Arabic: دكتور أسنان (duktūr ʔasnān) — specialized tooth doctor
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܟܹܟܹ̈ܐ (āsyā d-kēkē) — specialized tooth doctor
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܣܝܼܬܵܐ ܕܟܹܟܹ̈ܐ (āsītā d-kēkē) — specialized tooth doctor
- Armenian: ատամնաբույժ (atamnabuyž) — specialized tooth doctor
- Asturian: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Azerbaijani: diş həkimi — specialized tooth doctor
- Basque: haginlari — specialized tooth doctor
- Belarusian: зубны́ ле́кар (zubný ljékar) — specialized tooth doctor
- Bulgarian: зъболе́кар (zǎbolékar) — specialized tooth doctor
- Bulgarian: стоматолог (stomatolog) — specialized tooth doctor
- Bulgarian: дентист (dentist) — specialized tooth doctor
- Bulgarian: зъбар (zǎbar) — specialized tooth doctor
- Bulgarian: дентален лекар (dentalen lekar) — specialized tooth doctor
- Catalan: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Chechen: цергийн лор (cergiı̇n lor) — specialized tooth doctor
- Chinese Cantonese: 牙醫 /牙医 (ngaa4 ji1) — specialized tooth doctor
- Chinese Mandarin: 牙醫 /牙医 (yáyī) — specialized tooth doctor
- Chinese Mandarin: 牙科醫生 /牙科医生 (yákē yīshēng) — specialized tooth doctor
- Czech: zubař — specialized tooth doctor
- Czech: zubařka — specialized tooth doctor
- Danish: tandlæge — specialized tooth doctor
- Dutch: tandarts — specialized tooth doctor
- Dutch: dentist — specialized tooth doctor
- Esperanto: dentisto — specialized tooth doctor
- Esperanto: dentistino — specialized tooth doctor
- Estonian: hambaarst — specialized tooth doctor
- Faroese: tannlækni — specialized tooth doctor
- Finnish: hammaslääkäri — specialized tooth doctor
- French: dentiste — specialized tooth doctor
- West-Frisian: toskedokter — specialized tooth doctor
- Galician: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Georgian: კბილის ექიმი (ḳbilis ekimi) — specialized tooth doctor
- Georgian: დენტისტი (denṭisṭi) — specialized tooth doctor
- Georgian: სტომატოლოგი (sṭomaṭologi) — specialized tooth doctor
- German: Zahnarzt — specialized tooth doctor
- German: Zahnärztin — specialized tooth doctor
- German: Zahnmediziner m Dentist — specialized tooth doctor
- Greek: οδοντίατρος (odontíatros) — specialized tooth doctor
- Greenlandic: kigutinik nakorsaq — specialized tooth doctor
- Hawaiian: kauka niho — specialized tooth doctor
- Hebrew: רוֹפֵא שִׁינַּייִם (rofe' shinaim) — specialized tooth doctor
- Hebrew: רופאת שיניים (rof'at shinaim) — specialized tooth doctor
- Hindi: डेंटिस्ट (ḍẽṭisṭ) — specialized tooth doctor
- Hungarian: fogorvos — specialized tooth doctor
- Hungarian: fogász — specialized tooth doctor
- Icelandic: tannlæknir — specialized tooth doctor
- Ido: dentisto — specialized tooth doctor
- Indonesian: dokter gigi — specialized tooth doctor
- Irish: fiaclóir — specialized tooth doctor
- Italian: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Japanese: 歯医者 (haisha) — specialized tooth doctor
- Japanese: 歯科医 (shikai) — specialized tooth doctor
- Japanese: 歯科医師 (shikaishi) — specialized tooth doctor
- Kazakh: тіс дәрігері (tıs därıgerı) — specialized tooth doctor
- Kazakh: тіс технигі (tıs texnigı) — specialized tooth doctor
- Khmer: ពេទ្យធ្មេញ (pɛɛt tmɨɲ) — specialized tooth doctor
- Khoekhoe: ǁgûǀaedī-aob — specialized tooth doctor
- Korean: 치과의사 (chigwauisa) — specialized tooth doctor
- Central Kurdish: دان ساز (dan saz) — specialized tooth doctor
- Lao: ຫມໍປົວແຂ້ວ (mǭ pūa khǣu) — specialized tooth doctor
- Latvian: zobārsts — specialized tooth doctor
- Latvian: zobārste — specialized tooth doctor
- Latvian: stomatologs — specialized tooth doctor
- Latvian: stomatoloģe — specialized tooth doctor
- Lithuanian: dantų gydytojas — specialized tooth doctor
- Macedonian: забар (zabar) — specialized tooth doctor
- Macedonian: заболе́кар (zabolékar) — specialized tooth doctor
- Macedonian: стоматоло́г (stomatológ) — specialized tooth doctor
- Malay: doktor gigi — specialized tooth doctor
- Māori: tākuta niho — specialized tooth doctor
- Mongolian: шүдний эмч (šüdnii emč) — specialized tooth doctor
- Norman: dentiste — specialized tooth doctor
- Norwegian Bokmål: tannlege — specialized tooth doctor
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tannlege — specialized tooth doctor
- Occitan: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Ojibwe: wiibidaa-mashkikiiwinini — specialized tooth doctor
- Papiamentu: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Persian: دندانپزشک (dandân-pezešk) — specialized tooth doctor
- Persian: dental technician) دندانساز (dandân-sâz) — specialized tooth doctor
- Polish: dentysta — specialized tooth doctor
- Polish: dentystka — specialized tooth doctor
- Portuguese: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Romanian: dentist — specialized tooth doctor
- Romanian: dentistă — specialized tooth doctor
- Russian: зубно́й врач (zubnój vrač) — specialized tooth doctor
- Russian: данти́ст (dantíst) — specialized tooth doctor
- Russian: стомато́лог (stomatólog) — specialized tooth doctor
- Russian: зубно́й (zubnój) — specialized tooth doctor
- Sanskrit: दन्तवैद्य (dantavaidya) — specialized tooth doctor
- Scottish Gaelic: fiaclaire — specialized tooth doctor
- Serbo-Croatian: зу̀ба̄р — specialized tooth doctor
- Serbo-Croatian: zùbār — specialized tooth doctor
- Slovak: zubár — specialized tooth doctor
- Slovak: zubárka — specialized tooth doctor
- Slovene: zobozdravnik — specialized tooth doctor
- Slovene: zobozdravníca — specialized tooth doctor
- Spanish: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Spanish: odontólogo — specialized tooth doctor
- Swahili: daktari wa meno — specialized tooth doctor
- Swedish: tandläkare — specialized tooth doctor
- Tagalog: dentista — specialized tooth doctor
- Tahitian: taote niho — specialized tooth doctor
- Tajik: дандонпизишк (dandonpizišk) — specialized tooth doctor
- Telugu: దంతవైద్యుడు (dantavaidyuḍu) — specialized tooth doctor
- Thai: ทันตแพทย์ (tan-dtà-pɛ̂ɛt) — specialized tooth doctor
- Thai: หมอฟัน (mɔ̌ɔ-fan) — specialized tooth doctor
- Turkish: diş tabibi — specialized tooth doctor
- Turkish: diş hekimi — specialized tooth doctor
- Turkish: dişçi — specialized tooth doctor
- Turkish: diş doktoru — specialized tooth doctor
- Ottoman Turkish: دیشجی (dişci) — specialized tooth doctor
- Turkmen: diş doktory — specialized tooth doctor
- Ukrainian: зубни́й лі́кар (zubnýj líkar) — specialized tooth doctor
- Ukrainian: данти́ст (dantýst) — specialized tooth doctor
- Unami: pèhpwënikès — specialized tooth doctor
- Unami: pèhpwënikèt — specialized tooth doctor
- Urdu: ڈینٹسٹ (ḍeṇṭisṭ) — specialized tooth doctor
- Urdu: دندان ساز (dandān sāz) — specialized tooth doctor
- Vietnamese: nha sĩ — specialized tooth doctor
- Vietnamese: bác sĩ nha khoa — specialized tooth doctor
- Vietnamese: thầy thuốc chữa răng — specialized tooth doctor
- Volapük: tutisanavan — specialized tooth doctor
- Volapük: tutihisanavan — specialized tooth doctor
- Volapük: tutijisanavan — specialized tooth doctor
- Welsh: deintydd — specialized tooth doctor
- Yiddish: צאָנדאָקטער (tsondokter) — specialized tooth doctor
- Zulu: udokotela wamazinyo — specialized tooth doctor
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