diente

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dentem, the accusative singular of dēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjente/ [ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: dien‧te

Noun

diente m (plural dientes)

  1. tooth

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “diente”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “diente”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish diente (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dien‧te

Noun

diente

  1. (anatomy) tooth

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

diente

  1. inflection of dienen:
    1. first/third-person singular preterite
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish diente (“tooth”), from Latin dentem, dēns, from Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Noun

diente m or f (Hebrew spelling דיינטי)[1]

  1. tooth (chomper) [ca. 1510[2]]
    Hyponyms: dienteziko, muela
    • 2000, Aki Yerushalayim‎[1], numbers 62–64, page 95:
      I arankarvos ojo por ojo, diente por diente.
      And settling yourselves eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

References

  1. ^ “diente”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
  2. ^ Dov Cohen and Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald (19 June 2019), “Coṃpendio delas šeḥiṭót (Constantinople ca. 1510): The First Judeo-Spanish Printed Publication”, in Journal of Jewish Languages, volume 7, number 1, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →DOI, →ISSN, page 49

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dentem, dēns

Noun

diente m (plural dientes)

  1. tooth

References

  • “diente”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin dēns, dentem.

    Noun

    diente m (plural dientes)

    1. tooth (chomper)
      Hyponym: muela
      • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 67va:
        […] auie .iij. ordenes de dientes en su boca […]
        it had three sets of teeth in its mouth

    Descendants

    • Ladino: diente / דיינטי
    • Spanish: diente

    References

    • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “diente”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 192

    Spanish

    Dientes ― Teeth (etymology 1 sense 1)
    Un diente de ajo ― A garlic clove (etymology 1 sense 3)

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdjente/ [ˈd̪jẽn̪.t̪e]
    • Audio (Spain):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ente
    • Syllabification: dien‧te

    Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
    Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts
    Proto-Italic *dents
    Latin dēns
    Old Spanish diente
    Spanish diente

      Inherited from Old Spanish diente (“tooth”), from Latin dēns, dentem.

      Noun

      diente m (plural dientes)

      2. (anatomy) tooth
        Hyponyms: colmillo, muela
      3. tooth, cog (sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement)
      5. clove (of garlic)
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      Verb

      diente

      1. inflection of dentar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

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