tusk

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• /ˈtuːsk/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʌsk/
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• Northern-England: /ˈtʊsk/
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Borrowed from Polish Tusk, from Kashubian Tuzk, a variant of Tuzek.

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz Proto-West Germanic *tunsk Old English tūsc Old English tūx Middle English tusk English tusk From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h3dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”) (whence the Old Norse and Icelandic Ratatoskr and Ratatoskur respectively), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”) and *𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tush. More at tooth.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dupaningan Agta: paseng — pointed tooth
• Arabic: نَاب (nāb) — pointed tooth
• Arabic: ناب (nab) — pointed tooth
• Armenian: ժանիք (žanikʻ) — pointed tooth
• Azerbaijani: xillə — pointed tooth
• Belarusian: бі́вень (bívjenʹ) — pointed tooth
• Bengali: গজদন্ত (gojodonto) — pointed tooth
• Bulgarian: би́вник (bívnik) — pointed tooth
• Bulgarian: би́вен (bíven) — pointed tooth
• Burmese: စွယ် (cwai) — pointed tooth
• Burmese: ဆင်စွယ် (hcangcwai) — pointed tooth
• Catalan: ullal — pointed tooth
• Chichewa: mnyanga — pointed tooth
• Chinese Mandarin: 長牙 /长牙 (chángyá) — pointed tooth
• Chinese Mandarin: 牙 (yá) — pointed tooth
• Czech: kel — pointed tooth
• Danish: stødtand — pointed tooth
• Dutch: slagtand — pointed tooth
• Dutch: stoottand — pointed tooth
• Egyptian: F18:Z1 (jbḥ) — pointed tooth
• Esperanto: dentego — pointed tooth
• Esperanto: tusko — pointed tooth
• Esperanto: pikdento — pointed tooth
• Estonian: kihv — pointed tooth
• Finnish: syöksyhammas — pointed tooth
• French: défense — pointed tooth
• French: dague — pointed tooth
• West-Frisian: slachttosk — pointed tooth
• Galician: cabeiro — pointed tooth
• Galician: cairo — pointed tooth
• Galician: queiro — pointed tooth
• Galician: dentequeiro — pointed tooth
• German: Stoßzahn — pointed tooth
• German: Hauer — pointed tooth
• Greek: χαυλιόδοντας (chavliódontas) — pointed tooth
• Ancient Greek: στόρθυγξ (stórthunx) — pointed tooth
• Hebrew: חָט (khat) — pointed tooth
• Hebrew: חטים (khatím) — pointed tooth
• Hindi: खाँग (khāṅg) — pointed tooth
• Hindi: गजदंत (gajdant) — pointed tooth
• Hungarian: agyar — pointed tooth
• Irish: starrfhiacail — pointed tooth
• Italian: zanna — pointed tooth
• Japanese: 牙 (kiba) — pointed tooth
• Japanese: 象牙 (zōge) — pointed tooth
• Khmer: ខ្នាយ (khnaay) — pointed tooth
• Khmer: ទន្ត (tŏən) — pointed tooth
• Khmer: ទាឋា (tiəthaa) — pointed tooth
• Khmer: ភ្លុក (phluk) — pointed tooth
• Korean: 엄니 (eomni) — pointed tooth
• Korean: 송곳니 (songgonni) — pointed tooth
• Lao: ງາ (ngā) — pointed tooth
• Lao: ແງ (ngǣ) — pointed tooth
• Lao: ທັນຕາ (than tā) — pointed tooth
• Lao: ຫນາຍ (nāi) — pointed tooth
• Macedonian: бивна (bivna) — pointed tooth
• Malay: gading — pointed tooth
• Malay: taring — pointed tooth
• Malayalam: കൊമ്പ് (kompŭ) — pointed tooth
• Malayalam: തേറ്റ (tēṟṟa) — pointed tooth
• Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳᡥᡝ (weihe) — pointed tooth
• Māori: reiputa — pointed tooth
• Mongolian: соёо (sojoo) — pointed tooth
• Norwegian Bokmål: støttann — pointed tooth
• Norwegian Bokmål: støyttann — pointed tooth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: støyttann — pointed tooth
• Occitan: ulhal — pointed tooth
• Old English: tūsc — pointed tooth
• Persian: یشک (yašk) — pointed tooth
• Polish: cios — pointed tooth
• Polish: kieł — pointed tooth
• Portuguese: presa — pointed tooth
• Punjabi: ਡੰਦ (ḍand) — pointed tooth
• Romanian: colț — pointed tooth
• Romanian: fildeș — pointed tooth
• Russian: би́вень (bívenʹ) — pointed tooth
• Russian: клык — pointed tooth
• Serbo-Croatian: кљо̑ва — pointed tooth
• Serbo-Croatian: kljȏva — pointed tooth
• Sicilian: denti — pointed tooth
• Sicilian: prisa — pointed tooth
• Sicilian: canini — pointed tooth
• Slovak: kel — pointed tooth
• Slovene: okel — pointed tooth
• Spanish: colmillo — pointed tooth
• Swahili: pembe — pointed tooth
• Swahili: upamba — pointed tooth
• Swedish: bete — pointed tooth
• Tagalog: salimao — pointed tooth
• Tagalog: pangil — pointed tooth
• Tamil: தந்தம் (tantam) — pointed tooth
• Tamil: கொம்பு (kompu) — pointed tooth
• Telugu: దంతము (dantamu) — pointed tooth
• Thai: งา (ngaa) — pointed tooth
• Thai: ทนต์ (ton) — pointed tooth
• Tibetan: མཆེ་བ (mche ba) — pointed tooth
• Tocharian B: ānkär — pointed tooth
• Ottoman Turkish: آزو (azu, azı) — pointed tooth
• Ukrainian: би́вень (bývenʹ) — pointed tooth
• Vietnamese: ngà — pointed tooth
• Welsh: ysgithr — pointed tooth
• Yoruba: eyín erin — pointed tooth
• Ukrainian: вістря (vistrja) — sharp point