dentist A2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈdɛntɪst/ See IPA manual Freq #5314 Meanings 1 noun A person whose job is to treat people's teeth. I have an appointment with the dentist to fix a bad tooth. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person whose job is to... dental practitioner Word family Forms dentists Derived forms dentistessdentisticdentisticaldentistlikedentistressdentistrynondentistsurgeon-dentist Related forms antidentitedentaldentureorthodonticstoothpuller Etymology AI details Borrowed from French dentiste. dentiste French View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dentist **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɛntɪst/ **Frequency rank:** 5314 ## Meanings 1. A person whose job is to treat people's teeth. ## Examples - I have an appointment with the dentist to fix a bad tooth. ## Derived Forms - dentistess - dentistic - dentistical - dentistlike - dentistress - dentistry - nondentist - surgeon-dentist ## Related Forms - antidentite - dental - denture - orthodontics - toothpuller ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dentiste - Affix: -ist - one who ## Etymology Borrowed from French dentiste. ## AI Etymology Dentist is borrowed from French dentiste. As a noun, the word names a person, thing, state, or result associated with the older form rather than introducing a separate visible root. In use as a noun, dentist denotes a person whose job is to treat people's teeth. The same word family continues in derived forms such as dentistess, dentistic, dentistical, and dentistlike and related entries such as antidentite, dental, denture, and orthodontics. ## Topics - People & Society markdown