"premolar" meaning in English

See premolar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpriːmoʊlɚ/, /ˈpriːməʊlə/, /ˈpriːməʊləɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-premolar.wav Forms: praemolar [alternative]
Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ) Etymology: Clipping of premolar tooth, calque of Latin dens praemolaris. Equivalent to pre- + molar. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dens}} Latin dens, {{prefix|en|pre|molar}} pre- + molar Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} premolar (not comparable)
  1. Before a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous. Tags: not-comparable
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Noun

IPA: /ˈpriːmoʊlɚ/, /ˈpriːməʊlə/, /ˈpriːməʊləɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-premolar.wav Forms: premolars [plural], praemolar [alternative]
Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ) Etymology: Clipping of premolar tooth, calque of Latin dens praemolaris. Equivalent to pre- + molar. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dens}} Latin dens, {{prefix|en|pre|molar}} pre- + molar Head templates: {{en-noun}} premolar (plural premolars)
  1. A tooth located in front of the molars, especially the bicuspid tooth between the cuspids and molars in humans. Synonyms: bicuspid Derived forms: interpremolar, premolariform Translations (tooth): نَاجِذ (nājiḏ) [masculine] (Arabic), ضَاحِك (ḍāḥik) [masculine] (Arabic), premolar [masculine] (Catalan), 小臼齒 /小臼齿 (xiǎojiùchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), třenový zub [masculine] (Czech), třenák [colloquial, masculine] (Czech), antaŭmolaro (Esperanto), premolaro (Esperanto), välihammas (Finnish), prémolaire [feminine] (French), bicuspide [feminine] (French), მცირე ძირითადი კბილი (mcire ʒiritadi ḳbili) (Georgian), პრემოლარი (ṗremolari) (Georgian), Prämolar [masculine] (German), Vormahlzahn [masculine] (German), προγόμφιος (progómfios) [masculine] (Greek), מַלְתָּעָה (malta'á) [feminine] (Hebrew), קְדַם טוֹחֶנֶת (qdam toḥenét) [feminine] (Hebrew), forjaxl [masculine] (Icelandic), framjaxl [masculine] (Icelandic), premolare [masculine] (Italian), 小臼歯 (shōkyūshi) (Japanese), niho pūrākau (Māori), niho pū (Māori), diranê pêşkursî [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), premolar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), premolar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), framjeksel [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przedtrzonowiec [masculine] (Polish), pré-molar [masculine] (Portuguese), premolar [masculine] (Romanian), премоля́р (premoljár) [masculine] (Russian), črenový zub (Slovak), bicúspide [masculine] (Spanish), talubagang (Tagalog), ฟันกรามน้อย (fan-graam-nɔ́ɔi) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-premolar-en-noun-h~JY27k7 Categories (other): Teeth Disambiguation of Teeth: 51 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "roman": "fan-graam-nɔ́ɔi",
      "sense": "tooth",
      "word": "ฟันกรามน้อย"
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