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denture

noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɛntjə(ɹ)/
  • UK: /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/
  • US: /ˈdɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛntʃə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: D EH1 N CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An artificial replacement of one or more teeth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • After the mouth surgery, she was fitted with a denture.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, often

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dental plate, plate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dental appliance

Narrower terms: bridge, bridgework, false teeth, partial denture

History

Etymology

From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ատամնաշար (atamnašar) — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Bulgarian: захапка (zahapka) — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Catalan: dentadura — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏅᏙᏍᏗ (didanvdosdi) — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Dutch: gebit — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Finnish: hampaisto — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Finnish: hampaat — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • French: dentition — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • French: denture — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • French: prothèse dentaire — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • German: Gebiss — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • German: Zahnprothese — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • German: Prothese — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • German: Zahnersatz — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Greek: οδοντοστοιχία (odontostoichía) — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Hungarian: fogsor — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Kashubian: gebis — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Māori: niho kēhua — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Portuguese: dentadura — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Swedish: bett — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Swedish: tanduppsättning — set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
  • Bulgarian: изкуствени зъби (izkustveni zǎbi) — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Catalan: dentadura postissa — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Catalan: pròtesi dental — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 假牙 (jiǎyá) — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Dutch: gebitsprothese — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Finnish: hammasproteesi — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • German: Zahnersatz — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Hungarian: műfog — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Hungarian: fogbeültetés — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Hungarian: fogimplantátum — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Hungarian: műfogsor — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Icelandic: falskar tennur — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Irish: cíor fiacla — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Irish: déadchíor — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Japanese: 義歯 (gishi) — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Japanese: 入れ歯 (ireba) — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Korean: 의치 (uichi) — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Malay: gigi palsu — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Portuguese: dentadura — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Russian: зубно́й проте́з (zubnój protɛ́z) — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Russian: проте́з (protɛ́z) — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Russian: вставны́е зу́бы (vstavnýje zúby) — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Spanish: dentadura postiza — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Swedish: tandprotes — artificial replacement of one or more teeth
  • Bulgarian: чене (čene) — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Dutch: kunstgebit — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Finnish: hammasproteesi — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • French: dentier — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • German: Zahnersatz — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • German: die dritten Zähne — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • German: künstliche Gebiss — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Greek: τεχνητή οδοντοστοιχία (technití odontostoichía) — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Greek: μασέλα (maséla) — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Iban: ngeli batu — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Icelandic: falskar tennur — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Inuktitut: ᑭᒍᑎᓐᖑᐊᑦ (kicotinngoat) — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Malay: gigi palsu — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Manx: far-eeacklyn — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Norwegian: gebiss — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Plautdietsch: Jebiss — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Polish: proteza — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Portuguese: dentadura — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Russian: вставна́я че́люсть (vstavnája čéljustʹ) — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Spanish: dentadura postiza — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Spanish: placa — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
  • Swedish: tandprotes — complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth