dental B2 Topic:Work & Careers US /ˈdɛn.təl/ UK /ˈdɛn.təl/ See IPA manual Freq #7541 Meanings 1 adj Relating to the teeth. Good dental care includes brushing your teeth twice a day. 2 adj Relating to the work of a dentist. She is a dental student hoping to open her own clinic. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms addentalalveolodentalantidentalapicodentalatlantodentalbidentalcraniodentaldentalcaredentalismdentalitydentalizedentally Related forms dentistdentulousedentulous Common collocations dental floss Adjective + noun dental plaque Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). *h₃ed- (bite) Proto-Indo-European dentālis la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Work & Careers External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dental **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈdɛn.təl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɛn.təl/ **Frequency rank:** 7541 ## Meanings 1. Relating to the teeth. 2. Relating to the work of a dentist. ## Examples - Good dental care includes brushing your teeth twice a day. - She is a dental student hoping to open her own clinic. ## Derived Forms - addental - alveolodental - antidental - apicodental - atlantodental - bidental - craniodental - dentalcare - dentalism - dentality - dentalize - dentally ## Related Forms - dentist - dentulous - edentulous ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *h₃ed- (bite) - Root: dentālis ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). ## AI Etymology dental was borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (bite), la-lat dentālis. Current senses include Relating to the teeth and Relating to the work of a dentist. English relatives and later formations include addental, alveolodental, antidental, dentist, dentulous. ## Topics - Work & Careers markdown