"dentale" meaning in Italian

See dentale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /denˈta.le/ Forms: dentali [plural]
Rhymes: -ale Etymology: From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dentālis, derived from Latin dēns (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts. By surface analysis, dent(e) (“tooth”) + -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|it|la-med|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|it|la-lat|dentālis}} Late Latin dentālis, {{der|it|la|dēns||tooth}} Latin dēns (“tooth”), {{der|it|ine-pro|*h₃dénts}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, {{surf|it|dente|-ale|alt1=dent(e)|pos2=adjectival derivational suffix|t1=tooth|t2=-al}} By surface analysis, dent(e) (“tooth”) + -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix) Head templates: {{it-adj}} dentale m or f by sense (plural dentali)
  1. (anatomy, relational) tooth; dental Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, relational Synonyms: dentario
    Sense id: en-dentale-it-adj-rtN9hkqp Categories (other): Anatomy, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -ale Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 40 30 26 5 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -ale: 45 25 22 8 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (phonetics) dental (articulated with the tongue on the upper teeth) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-dentale-it-adj-xem0PT5o Categories (other): Phonetics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

Noun

IPA: /denˈta.le/ Forms: dentali [plural]
Rhymes: -ale Etymology: From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dentālis, derived from Latin dēns (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts. By surface analysis, dent(e) (“tooth”) + -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|it|la-med|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|it|la-lat|dentālis}} Late Latin dentālis, {{der|it|la|dēns||tooth}} Latin dēns (“tooth”), {{der|it|ine-pro|*h₃dénts}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, {{surf|it|dente|-ale|alt1=dent(e)|pos2=adjectival derivational suffix|t1=tooth|t2=-al}} By surface analysis, dent(e) (“tooth”) + -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} dentale f (plural dentali)
  1. (phonetics) a dental speech sound Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-dentale-it-noun-lmDtqxAc Categories (other): Phonetics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  2. ploughshare Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-dentale-it-noun-G~OaTrFz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dentario, dente, labiodentale

Inflected forms

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