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"2": "enm",
"3": "teth"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "ang",
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},
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{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tanþiz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₃dóntes"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.",
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{
"form": "teeths",
"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "teething",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "teethed",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "teethed",
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}
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"related": [
{
"word": "toothless"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"English dated forms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies, page 81:",
"text": "Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”)."
],
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"teethe",
"teethe#English"
]
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈtiːθ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtiːf/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtiθ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-us-teeth.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːθ"
}
],
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}
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