"gap-toothed" meaning in English

See gap-toothed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English gap tothed, gapt tothed (also gaptothe), alteration of earlier gat-tothed (literally “gate-toothed”), equivalent to gap + toothed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gap tothed}} Middle English gap tothed, {{af|en|gap|toothed}} gap + toothed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gap-toothed (not comparable)
  1. Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Dentistry Translations (having a gap between the front teeth): jolla on rako etuhampaiden välissä (Finnish), qui a les dents du bonheur (French), grabach (Irish), mantach (Irish), scagfhiaclach (Irish), séanasach (Irish), szczerbaty (Polish), щерба́тый (ščerbátyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gap-toothed-en-adj-Z1nJRey7 Disambiguation of Dentistry: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'having a gap between the front teeth': 64 36
  2. Exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an adult who has lost a permanent tooth. Tags: not-comparable Translations (missing a tooth): mantach (Irish), scagfhiaclach (Irish)
    Sense id: en-gap-toothed-en-adj-jm2XR2zg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'missing a tooth': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diastematic, gappy

Alternative forms

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