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toothache

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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  • /ˈtuθˌeɪk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pain or ache in a tooth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • I often have toothache.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dentalgia, odontalgia, teethache

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an ache localized in or around a tooth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: odontalgia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ache, aching

Narrower terms: aerodontalgia

History

Etymology

From Middle English toth-ake, from Old English tōþeċe (“toothache”). By surface analysis, tooth + ache.

Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tandpyn — ache in a tooth
  • Albanian: dhimbje dhëmbi — ache in a tooth
  • Albanian: dhembje dhëmbi — ache in a tooth
  • Arabic: أَلَمُ أَسْنَان (ʔalamu ʔasnān) — ache in a tooth
  • Arabic: أَلَمُ الْأَسْنَان (ʔalamu l-ʔasnān) — ache in a tooth
  • Armenian: ատամնացավ (atamnacʻav) — ache in a tooth
  • Assamese: দাঁতৰ বিষ (dãtor bix) — ache in a tooth
  • Azerbaijani: diş ağrısı — ache in a tooth
  • Belarusian: зубны́ боль (zubný bolʹ) — ache in a tooth
  • Bengali: দাঁতের ব্যথা (dãter bêtha) — ache in a tooth
  • Bulgarian: зъбобо́л (zǎboból) — ache in a tooth
  • Burmese: သွားကိုက်ခြင်း (swa:kuikhkrang:) — ache in a tooth
  • Chinese Cantonese: 牙痛 — ache in a tooth
  • Chinese Cantonese: 齒痛 /齿痛 — ache in a tooth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牙痛 (yátòng) — ache in a tooth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 齒痛 /齿痛 (chǐtòng) — ache in a tooth
  • Czech: bolest zubů — ache in a tooth
  • Danish: tandpine — ache in a tooth
  • Dolgan: тиис ыарыыта — ache in a tooth
  • Dutch: tandpijn — ache in a tooth
  • Dutch: kiespijn — ache in a tooth
  • Estonian: hambavalu — ache in a tooth
  • Finnish: hammassärky — ache in a tooth
  • French: mal aux dents — ache in a tooth
  • French: mal de dents — ache in a tooth
  • Galician: dor de moas — ache in a tooth
  • Georgian: კბილის ტკივილი (ḳbilis ṭḳivili) — ache in a tooth
  • German: Zahnschmerz — ache in a tooth
  • German: Zahnweh — ache in a tooth
  • Greek: πονόδοντος (ponódontos) — ache in a tooth
  • Greek: οδονταλγία (odontalgía) — ache in a tooth
  • Hawaiian: niho huʻi — ache in a tooth
  • Hebrew: כאב שיניים — ache in a tooth
  • Hebrew: כְּאֵב שִׁנַּיִם (ke'év shináyim) — ache in a tooth
  • Hindi: दाँत दर्द (dā̃t dard) — ache in a tooth
  • Hindi: दाँत का दर्द (dā̃t kā dard) — ache in a tooth
  • Hungarian: fogfájás — ache in a tooth
  • Icelandic: tannpína — ache in a tooth
  • Indonesian: sakit gigi — ache in a tooth
  • Irish: tinneas fiacaile — ache in a tooth
  • Irish: déideadh — ache in a tooth
  • Italian: mal di denti — ache in a tooth
  • Japanese: 歯痛 (shitsū) — ache in a tooth
  • Javanese: lara untu — ache in a tooth
  • Kazakh: тіс ауруы (tıs auruy) — ache in a tooth
  • Khmer: ឈឺធ្មេញ (chɨɨ thmɨñ) — ache in a tooth
  • Korean: 치통 (chitong) — ache in a tooth
  • Korean: 이앓이 (iari) — ache in a tooth
  • Central Kurdish: ددانێشە (didanêşe) — ache in a tooth
  • Kyrgyz: тиш оорусу (tiş oorusu) — ache in a tooth
  • Latvian: zobu sāpes — ache in a tooth
  • Lithuanian: dantų skausmas — ache in a tooth
  • Macedonian: забо́болка (zabóbolka) — ache in a tooth
  • Malay: sakit gigi — ache in a tooth
  • Māori: niho tunga — ache in a tooth
  • Mongolian: шүдний өвчин (šüdnii övčin) — ache in a tooth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tannverk — ache in a tooth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tannpine — ache in a tooth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tannverk — ache in a tooth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tannpine — ache in a tooth
  • Okinawan: 歯病ん (hāyan) — ache in a tooth
  • Old English: tōþeċe — ache in a tooth
  • Iranian Persian: دَنْداندَرْد (dandân-dard) — ache in a tooth
  • Polish: ból zęba — ache in a tooth
  • Portuguese: dor de dente — ache in a tooth
  • Romanian: durere de dinți — ache in a tooth
  • Russian: зубна́я боль (zubnája bolʹ) — ache in a tooth
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèideadh — ache in a tooth
  • Serbo-Croatian: зубо̀боља — ache in a tooth
  • Serbo-Croatian: zubòbolja — ache in a tooth
  • Slovak: bolesť zubov — ache in a tooth
  • Slovene: zobobol — ache in a tooth
  • Southern Altai: тиштиҥ сызы (tištiŋ sïzï) — ache in a tooth
  • Southern Altai: тиштиҥ оорузы (tištiŋ ooruzï) — ache in a tooth
  • Swedish: tandvärk — ache in a tooth
  • Tagalog: sakit-ngipin — ache in a tooth
  • Tagalog: sakit ng ngipin — ache in a tooth
  • Tajik: дарди дандон (dard-i dandon) — ache in a tooth
  • Tajik: дандондард (dandondard) — ache in a tooth
  • Thai: ปวดฟัน (bpùuat-fan) — ache in a tooth
  • Turkish: diş ağrısı — ache in a tooth
  • Turkmen: diş agyry — ache in a tooth
  • Ukrainian: зубни́й біль (zubnýj bilʹ) — ache in a tooth
  • Urdu: دان٘ت کا دَرْد (dā̃t kā dard) — ache in a tooth
  • Uyghur: تىش ئاغرىقى (tish aghriqi) — ache in a tooth
  • Uzbek: tish ogʻrigʻi — ache in a tooth
  • Vietnamese: đau răng — ache in a tooth
  • Vietnamese: bệnh đau răng — ache in a tooth
  • Volapük: tutadol — ache in a tooth
  • Welsh: dannoedd — ache in a tooth
  • Yoruba: akokoro — ache in a tooth