dentist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdɛntɪst/
Etymology
Etymology tree French dent Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French dentistebor. English dentist Borrowed from French dentiste.
Meanings
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A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.
Oh, you couldn't be married to a dentist. Don't be silly.
1999 January 20, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Death's Shadow”, in Midsomer Murders:Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States.
2014 July 31, Oliver C. Speck, editor, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 25:It is singular how forcibly this passage in my narrative brings to my mind a picture which used to be, some years ago, at a broker's—that charnel-house of the comforts and graces of life. It had been taken out of its frame, and leant in a dark and dusty corner against a perpendicular armchair, whose rigid uprightness seemed suited only to the parlour of a dentist, repose being the last idea it suggested.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 119:
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(Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling) Deliberate misspelling of Dengist.
alt of Dengist
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dentists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
surgeon-dentist · dentistess · dentistic · dentistress · dentist gold · dentistical · dentistry · nondentist · dentistlike · 10th dentist
Relateds
orthodontics · toothpuller · denture · dental · antidentite
Translations (132)
ta பல் மருத்துவர் (specialized tooth doctor) · ca dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · ro dentistă (specialized tooth doctor) · ar طَبِيب أَسْنَان (specialized tooth doctor) · arz دكتور أسنان (specialized tooth doctor) · de Zahnmediziner m Dentist (specialized tooth doctor) · lv stomatoloģe (specialized tooth doctor) · tr diş hekimi (specialized tooth doctor) · bg стоматолог (specialized tooth doctor) · pt dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · cy deintydd (specialized tooth doctor) · de Zahnarzt (specialized tooth doctor) · aii ܐܵܣܝܼܬܵܐ ܕܟܹܟܹ̈ܐ (specialized tooth doctor) · mi tākuta niho (specialized tooth doctor) · ms doktor gigi (specialized tooth doctor) · pap dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · kk тіс дәрігері (specialized tooth doctor) · fr dentiste (specialized tooth doctor) · eo dentistino (specialized tooth doctor) · mn шүдний эмч (specialized tooth doctor) · oc dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · ro dentist (specialized tooth doctor) · ur دندان ساز (specialized tooth doctor) · nl dentist (specialized tooth doctor) · gd fiaclaire (specialized tooth doctor) · lv zobārsts (specialized tooth doctor) · vi bác sĩ nha khoa (specialized tooth doctor) · mk стоматоло́г (specialized tooth doctor) · it dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · tr dişçi (specialized tooth doctor) · da tandlæge (specialized tooth doctor) · cs zubařka (specialized tooth doctor) · ty taote niho (specialized tooth doctor) · vi thầy thuốc chữa răng (specialized tooth doctor) · eu haginlari (specialized tooth doctor) · uk данти́ст (specialized tooth doctor) · th หมอฟัน (specialized tooth doctor) · naq ǁgûǀaedī-aob (specialized tooth doctor) · cmn 牙醫 /牙医 (specialized tooth doctor) · sk zubár (specialized tooth doctor) · fa dental technician) دندانساز (specialized tooth doctor) · ar طَبِيبَة أَسْنَان (specialized tooth doctor) · tk diş doktory (specialized tooth doctor) · bg зъбар (specialized tooth doctor) · eo dentisto (specialized tooth doctor) · pl dentystka (specialized tooth doctor) · he רוֹפֵא שִׁינַּייִם (specialized tooth doctor) · io dentisto (specialized tooth doctor) · lv stomatologs (specialized tooth doctor) · mk заболе́кар (specialized tooth doctor) · sh зу̀ба̄р (specialized tooth doctor) · vo tutisanavan (specialized tooth doctor) · is tannlæknir (specialized tooth doctor) · nl tandarts (specialized tooth doctor) · bg дентален лекар (specialized tooth doctor) · lv zobārste (specialized tooth doctor) · vi nha sĩ (specialized tooth doctor) · ru зубно́й врач (specialized tooth doctor) · el οδοντίατρος (specialized tooth doctor) · ka დენტისტი (specialized tooth doctor) · ka სტომატოლოგი (specialized tooth doctor) · ga fiaclóir (specialized tooth doctor) · ru стомато́лог (specialized tooth doctor) · bg зъболе́кар (specialized tooth doctor) · ce цергийн лор (specialized tooth doctor) · fi hammaslääkäri (specialized tooth doctor) · sw daktari wa meno (specialized tooth doctor) · ru зубно́й (specialized tooth doctor) · ja 歯医者 (specialized tooth doctor) · aii ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܕܟܹܟܹ̈ܐ (specialized tooth doctor) · zu udokotela wamazinyo (specialized tooth doctor) · ja 歯科医師 (specialized tooth doctor) · yi צאָנדאָקטער (specialized tooth doctor) · oj wiibidaa-mashkikiiwinini (specialized tooth doctor) · ru данти́ст (specialized tooth doctor) · ko 치과의사 (specialized tooth doctor) · nn tannlege (specialized tooth doctor) · ur ڈینٹسٹ (specialized tooth doctor) · vo tutihisanavan (specialized tooth doctor) · cmn 牙科醫生 /牙科医生 (specialized tooth doctor) · fo tannlækni (specialized tooth doctor) · uk зубни́й лі́кар (specialized tooth doctor) · gl dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · ota دیشجی (specialized tooth doctor) · tl dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · ja 歯科医 (specialized tooth doctor) · vo tutijisanavan (specialized tooth doctor) · lo ໝໍປົວແຂ້ວ (specialized tooth doctor) · de Zahnärztin (specialized tooth doctor) · id dokter gigi (specialized tooth doctor) · he רופאת שיניים (specialized tooth doctor) · cs zubař (specialized tooth doctor) · tg дандонпизишк (specialized tooth doctor) · kk тіс технигі (specialized tooth doctor) · fa دندانپزشک (specialized tooth doctor) · nrf dentiste (specialized tooth doctor) · yue 牙醫 /牙医 (specialized tooth doctor) · hi डेंटिस्ट (specialized tooth doctor) · pl dentysta (specialized tooth doctor) · hu fogorvos (specialized tooth doctor) · kl kigutinik nakorsaq (specialized tooth doctor) · es dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · sv tandläkare (specialized tooth doctor) · be зубны́ ле́кар (specialized tooth doctor) · sk zubárka (specialized tooth doctor) · tr diş doktoru (specialized tooth doctor) · sq dentist (specialized tooth doctor) · ka კბილის ექიმი (specialized tooth doctor) · tr diş tabibi (specialized tooth doctor) · es odontólogo (specialized tooth doctor) · unm pèhpwënikès (specialized tooth doctor) · sl zobozdravnik (specialized tooth doctor) · fy toskedokter (specialized tooth doctor) · mk забар (specialized tooth doctor) · sh zùbār (specialized tooth doctor) · haw kauka niho (specialized tooth doctor) · af tandarts (specialized tooth doctor) · lt dantų gydytojas (specialized tooth doctor) · nb tannlege (specialized tooth doctor) · bg дентист (specialized tooth doctor) · sa दन्तवैद्य (specialized tooth doctor) · et hambaarst (specialized tooth doctor) · te దంతవైద్యుడు (specialized tooth doctor) · ckb دان ساز (specialized tooth doctor) · unm pèhpwënikèt (specialized tooth doctor) · hy ատամնաբույժ (specialized tooth doctor) · az diş həkimi (specialized tooth doctor) · hu fogász (specialized tooth doctor) · km ពេទ្យធ្មេញ (specialized tooth doctor) · th ทันตแพทย์ (specialized tooth doctor) · ast dentista (specialized tooth doctor) · sl zobozdravníca (specialized tooth doctor)