Phrase guide

milk tooth

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any tooth of the first set of teeth of young people (or animals).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baby tooth, deciduous tooth, primary tooth, temporary tooth

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: primary tooth, deciduous tooth, baby tooth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tooth

History

Etymology

From milk + tooth.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِنّ لَبَنِيَّة (sinn labaniyya) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Arabic: سنة لبنية (senna labaneya) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Assamese: গাখীৰদাঁত (gakhirdãt) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Azerbaijani: süd dişi — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Belarusian: мало́чны зуб (malóčny zub) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Bengali: দুধের দাঁত (dudher dãt) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Bengali: দুধ দাঁত (dudh dãt) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Bengali: দুধে দাঁত (dudhe dãt) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Bau Bidayuh: jupon garuo — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Bulgarian: мле́чен зъб (mléčen zǎb) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Catalan: dent decídua — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Catalan: dent caduca — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Catalan: dent de llet — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳齒 /乳齿 (rǔchǐ) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Czech: mléčný zub — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Danish: mælketand — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Dutch: melktand — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Esperanto: laktodento — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Estonian: piimahammas — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Faroese: barnatonn — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Finnish: maitohammas — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • French: dent de lait — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • French: dent laniaire — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Galician: dente de leite — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • German: Milchzahn — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Hebrew: שֵׁן חָלָב (shen khaláv) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Hindi: दूध के दाँत (dūdh ke dā̃t) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Hindi: दुग्धदंत (dugdhadant) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Hungarian: tejfog — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Icelandic: mjólkurtönn — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Icelandic: barnatönn — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Ingrian: maitohammas — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Irish: fiacail diúil — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Italian: dente da latte — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Japanese: 乳歯 (nyūshi) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Kazakh: сүт тіс (süt tıs) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Khmer: ធ្មេញព្រៃ (thmɨñ prɨy) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Korean: 젖니 (jeonni) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Korean: 유치 (yuchi) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Northern Kurdish: diranê şîrî — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Kyrgyz: сүт тиш (süt tiş) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Latvian: piena zobs — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Low German: Melktahn — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Low German: Melktähn — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Macedonian: млечен заб (mlečen zab) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Malay: gigi susu — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Māori: niho kai waiū — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Mokilese: ngihn jeri — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: melketann — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mjølketann — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mjølketann — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Pannonian Rusyn: млєчни зуб (mlječni zub) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Persian: دندان شیری (dandân-e širi) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Polish: mleczak — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Polish: ząb mleczny — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Portuguese: dente de leite — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Romanian: dinte de lapte — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Russian: моло́чный зуб (molóčnyj zub) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Russian: зубо́к (zubók) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Russian: зу́бик (zúbik) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Kildin-Sami: ма̄ййт па̄ннҍ (mājjt pānn’) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Sanskrit: दुग्धदन्त (dugdhadanta) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: мле̑чнӣ зу̑б — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: млије̑чнӣ зу̑б — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: mlȇčnī zȗb — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: mlijȇčnī zȗb — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Slovak: mliečny zub — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Slovene: mlečni zob — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Spanish: diente deciduo — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Spanish: diente temporáneo — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Spanish: diente infantil — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Spanish: diente de la primera dentición — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Spanish: diente de leche — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Swedish: mjölktand — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Tagalog: ngiping kanin — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Tajik: дандони шир (dandon-i šir) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Tamil: பாற்பல் (pāṟpal) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Lower Tanana: tr'enina ghu' — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Thai: ฟันน้ํานม (fan-náam-nom) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Turkish: süt dişi — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Turkish: kuzu dişi — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Turkmen: süýt diş — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Ukrainian: моло́чний зуб (molóčnyj zub) — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Uzbek: sut tish — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Uzbek: sut tishi — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Vietnamese: răng sữa — tooth of the first set of teeth
  • Volapük: miligatut — tooth of the first set of teeth