Standard Lemma guide

toothpaste

noun · verb · 3 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtuːθpeɪst/
  • General-American: /ˈtuθpeɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T UW1 TH P EY2 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • fluoride toothpaste
  • whitening toothpaste
  • tube of toothpaste
  • squeeze toothpaste
  • She squeezed a bit of toothpaste onto her brush.
  • The dentist recommended a fluoride toothpaste.
  • The child chose a strawberry-flavored toothpaste.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To cover, or smear, with toothpaste.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a dentifrice in the form of a paste

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dentifrice

History

Etymology

From tooth + paste. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskepasta (“toothpaste”), West Frisian toskpoetserguod (“toothpaste”), Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”), German Zahnpasta, Zahnpaste (“toothpaste”), Danish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Swedish tandpasta (“toothpaste”), Icelandic tannkrem (“toothpaste”).

Across languages

Translations

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tandepasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Albanian: pastë dhëmbësh — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Albanian: kolinoz — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Southern Altai: тиш јунар паста (tiš ǰunar pasta) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Arabic: مَعْجُون الأَسْنَان (maʕjūn al-ʔasnān) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Armenian: ատամի մածուկ (atami macuk) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Azerbaijani: diş pastası — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Azerbaijani: diş məcunu — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Bashkir: теш пастаһы (teş pastahı) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Belarusian: зубна́я па́ста (zubnája pásta) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Bengali: টুথপেস্ট (ṭuthopesṭ) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Bulgarian: па́ста за зъ́би (pásta za zǎ́bi) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Burmese: သွားတိုက်ဆေး (swa:tuikhce:) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Catalan: pasta de dents — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Chinese Cantonese: 牙膏 (ngaa4 gou1) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 牙膏 (ngāi-gŏ̤) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Hakka Chinese: 牙膏 (ngà-kâu) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Chinese: 齒膏 /齿膏 (zh-min-nan) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Chinese: 牙膏 (gê-ko) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牙膏 (yágāo) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Wu Chinese: 牙膏 (6nga-kau1) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Chuvash: шӑл пасти (šăl p̬asti) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Czech: zubní pasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Danish: tandpasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Daur: яагау (jaagau) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Dutch: tandpasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Elfdalian: tannkrem — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Esperanto: dentopasto — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Estonian: hambapasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Faroese: tannkrem — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Finnish: hammastahna — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • French: dentifrice — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • French: pâte à dents — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • West-Frisian: toskpasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • West-Frisian: toskeguod — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Galician: pasta dentífrica — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Georgian: კბილის პასტა (ḳbilis ṗasṭa) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • German: Zahnpasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • German: Zahncreme — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • German: Zahncrème — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • German: Zahnpaste — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Greek: οδοντόκρεμα (odontókrema) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Greek: οδοντόπαστα (odontópasta) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Greenlandic: kigutit qaqorsaataat — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Greenlandic: tandpasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Gujarati: ટૂથપેસ્ટ (ṭūthpesṭ) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Haitian Creole: pat — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Haitian Creole: kòlgat — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Hebrew: משחת שיניים/מִשְׁחַת שִׁנַּיִם (mishchát shináyim) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Hindi: दन्तमंजन (dantamañjan) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Hindi: दंतमंजन (dantmañjan) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Hindi: टूथपेस्ट (ṭūthpesṭ) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Hungarian: fogkrém — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Icelandic: tannkrem — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Ido: dentifrico — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Indonesian: pasta gigi — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Indonesian: tapal gigi — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Indonesian: odol — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Irish: taos fiacla — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Italian: dentifricio — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Japanese: 歯磨き粉 (hamigakiko) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Japanese: 練り歯磨き (nerihamigaki) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Japanese: 歯磨剤 (shimazai) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Kazakh: тіс пастасы (tıs pastasy) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Khmer: ថ្នាំដុសធ្មេញ (thnam doh thmɨñ) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Korean: 치약 (chiyak) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Kyrgyz: тиш пастасы (tiş pastası) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Ladin: pasta dai dënz — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Lao: ຢາສີຟັນ (yā sī fan) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Latin: dentifricium — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Latvian: zobu pasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Lithuanian: dantų pasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • : ᦓᧄᧉᦊᦱᦉᦲᦵᦃᧁᧉ (nam2ẏaaṡiiẋew2) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Luxembourgish: Zännseef — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Macedonian: забна паста — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Malay: ubat gigi — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Maltese: tutpejst — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Māori: pēniho — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Mongolian: шүдний оо (šüdnii oo) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Mongolian: яагуу (jaaguu) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠳᠦ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠣ᠋ (sidü-yin o) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠭᠣᠦ (yaɣoü) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Navajo: awooʼ bił yichʼiishí — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Navajo: awooʼ bee yichʼiishí bikʼi nátłohí — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Norman: pâte à dents — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tannkrem — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tannpasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tannkrem — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tannpasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Pashto: غاښ لېټۍ (ǧāx̌ leṭǝy) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Iranian Persian: خَمیر دَنْدان (xamir dandân) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Polish: pasta do zębów — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Portuguese: pasta de dente — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Portuguese: creme dental — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Portuguese: pasta de dentes — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Romanian: pastă de dinți — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Romansh: pasta da dents — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Russian: зубна́я па́ста (zubnája pásta) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Northern Sami: bátnegealas — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: зубна паста — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: паста за зубе — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: zubna pasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: pasta za zube — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Slovak: zubná pasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Slovene: zobna pasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Lower Sorbian: zubna pasta — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: crema dental — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: pasta de dientes — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: dentífrico — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: dentrífico — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: dentrífrico — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: kolinos — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: kolynos — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: pasta dentaria — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Spanish: pasta dentífrica — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Swahili: dawa ya meno — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Swedish: tandkräm — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tagalog: pasta sa ngipin — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tagalog: kremang pansipilyo — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tajik: хамираи дандон (xamira-yi dandon) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tamil: பற்பசை (paṟpacai) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tatar: теш пастасы (teş pastası) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Thai: ยาสีฟัน (yaa-sǐi-fan) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tibetan: སོ་སྨན (so sman) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tok Pisin: kolget — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tok Pisin: marasin bilong klinim tit — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Tok Pisin: sop bilong tit — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Turkish: diş macunu — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیش معجونی (diş maʼcunu) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Turkmen: diş pastasy — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Ukrainian: зубна́ па́ста (zubná pásta) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Urdu: ٹُوتھ پیسْٹ (ṭūth pesṭ) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Uyghur: چىش پاستىسى (chish pastisi) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Uyghur: ياگاۋ (yagaw) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Uyghur: ياگاو (yagao) — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Uzbek: tish pastasi — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Vietnamese: kem đánh răng — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Vietnamese: thuốc đánh răng — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Volapük: tutakrem — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Welsh: past dannedd — paste for cleaning the teeth
  • Yakut: тиис паастата (tiis paastata) — paste for cleaning the teeth
Real reading context

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