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incisor

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪzə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S AY1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tooth

History

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَاطِعَة (qāṭiʕa) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Armenian: կտրիչ ատամ (ktričʻ atam) — narrow-edged tooth
  • West Coast Bajau: impon kapak — narrow-edged tooth
  • Bulgarian: резе́ц (rezéc) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Catalan: incisiva — narrow-edged tooth
  • Catalan: dent incisiva — narrow-edged tooth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門牙 /门牙 (ményá) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門齒 /门齿 (ménchǐ) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Czech: řezák — narrow-edged tooth
  • Danish: fortand — narrow-edged tooth
  • Dutch: snijtand — narrow-edged tooth
  • Esperanto: incizivo — narrow-edged tooth
  • Esperanto: tranĉodento — narrow-edged tooth
  • Finnish: etuhammas — narrow-edged tooth
  • French: incisive — narrow-edged tooth
  • Galician: incisivo — narrow-edged tooth
  • Galician: pa — narrow-edged tooth
  • Georgian: საჭრელი კბილი (sač̣reli ḳbili) — narrow-edged tooth
  • German: Schneidezahn — narrow-edged tooth
  • Greek: κοπτήρας (koptíras) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Greek: τομεύς (toméfs) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Greek: τομέας (toméas) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Hebrew: חוֹתֶכֶת (ḥotechét) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Hungarian: metszőfog — narrow-edged tooth
  • Icelandic: framtönn — narrow-edged tooth
  • Ido: incizivo — narrow-edged tooth
  • Inuktitut: ᓯᕗᐊᑦ (sifoat) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Italian: incisivo — narrow-edged tooth
  • Japanese: 門歯 (monshi) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Korean: 앞니 (amni) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Korean: 문치 (munchi) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Northern Kurdish: diranê pêşî — narrow-edged tooth
  • Macedonian: секач (sekač) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Malay: gigi kacip — narrow-edged tooth
  • Māori: niho tapahi — narrow-edged tooth
  • Māori: pākirikiri — narrow-edged tooth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fortann — narrow-edged tooth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framtann — narrow-edged tooth
  • Persian: دندان پیش (dandân-e piš) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Polish: siekacz — narrow-edged tooth
  • Portuguese: incisivo — narrow-edged tooth
  • Romanian: incisiv — narrow-edged tooth
  • Russian: резе́ц (rezéc) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Scottish Gaelic: clàr-fhiacaill — narrow-edged tooth
  • Slovak: rezák — narrow-edged tooth
  • Slovene: sekalec — narrow-edged tooth
  • Spanish: diente incisivo — narrow-edged tooth
  • Spanish: incisivo — narrow-edged tooth
  • Spanish: cortador — narrow-edged tooth
  • Spanish: incisor — narrow-edged tooth
  • Swedish: framtand — narrow-edged tooth
  • Swedish: incisiv — narrow-edged tooth
  • Tagalog: ngiping harap — narrow-edged tooth
  • Thai: ฟันตัด (fan-dtàt) — narrow-edged tooth
  • Turkish: kesici diş — narrow-edged tooth
  • Vietnamese: răng cửa — narrow-edged tooth
  • Volapük: kötatut — narrow-edged tooth
  • Volapük: beitatut — narrow-edged tooth
  • Welsh: dant blaen — narrow-edged tooth