dentition

English

Etymology

From Latin dentītiō (“teething, dentition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛnˈtɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən
• Hyphenation: den‧ti‧tion

Noun

dentition (countable and uncountable, plural dentitions)

1. The set of natural teeth of an individual
2. The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual
   • 2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 42:

     Can a medical man say just exactly from the necessarily hurried examination he must give of the mouth, and without a special dental knowledge, what constitutes a good dentition?

3. An arrangement in an organism or object of projections that resemble teeth
   • 2008, Anis Kumar Ray, Fossils in Earth Sciences, page 165:

     As mentioned dentition of bivalves, i.e. teeth and sockets, occur on the vertical portion of the hinge plates of the two valves, which are in contact with each other when the shell is closed.

4. The process of growing teeth; teething

Derived terms

• milk dentition

 

Translations

set of natural teeth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齒列／齿列 (zh), 牙列 (zh), 齒系／齿系 (chǐxì), 牙系

• Finnish: hampaisto (fi), hampaat (fi) pl
• French: dentition (fr) f
• Galician: dentamia (gl) f, dentame (gl) m, dentadura (gl) f, dentición (gl) f, ferramenta (gl) f (humorous)
• Greek: οδοντοστοιχία (el) f (odontostoichía)
• Irish: déad m
• Italian: dentizione (it) f

type and arrangement of normal teeth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齒列／齿列 (zh), 牙列 (zh), 齒系／齿系 (chǐxì), 牙系

• Finnish: hampaisto (fi), hampaat (fi) pl, hammaskaava
• Greek: οδοντοστοιχία (el) f (odontostoichía)
• Irish: déadeagar m
• Italian: dentizione (it) f

arrangement that resembles teeth

• Finnish: hammastus (fi)

process of growing teeth — see teething

See also

• dentition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dentītiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

dentition f (plural dentitions)

1. dentition

Related terms

• dent

Further reading

• “dentition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.