noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtuːθpeɪst/
General-American:/ˈtuθpeɪst/
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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
Lü:
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