incisor C1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #51863 Meanings 1 noun One of the sharp, flat front teeth used for cutting food. He chipped one of his front incisors on a hard sweet. Thesaurus Word family Forms incisors Etymology AI details Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix). *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European incīsor la-new View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # incisor **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 51863 ## Meanings 1. One of the sharp, flat front teeth used for cutting food. ## Examples - He chipped one of his front incisors on a hard sweet. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *kh₂eyd- - Root: incīsor ## Etymology Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix). ## AI Etymology Incisor is traced through borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix). In present-day use, it means one of the sharp, flat front teeth used for cutting food. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown