dentate
/ˈdɛnteɪt/
dentate adjective: having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.
Adjective
dentate (comparative more dentate, superlative most dentate)
dentate meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
dentate in Tamil
- பல்லுள்ள
dentate in Telugu
- dentate
- దంతాకారము dantākāramu
dentate in Kannada
- ದಂತಚ್ಛೇದ, ಹಲ್ಲುಕುಳಿ, ಹಲ್ಲಿನಂತಹ
Forms of dentate
| comparative | more dentate |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dentate |
Origin of dentate
Borrowed from Latin dentātus, from dēns (“tooth”, oblique stem in dēnt-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Words formed from dentate
- bidentate
- bisdentate
- dentatectomy
- dentate fascia
- dentate gyrus
- dentately
- dentate nucleus
- denticulate
- heptadentate
- hexadentate
- monodentate
- multidentate
- octadentate
- octodentate
- paucidentate
- pentadentate
- peridentate
- polydentate
- predentate
- quadridentate
- quinquedentate
- repandodentate
- subdentate
- tetradentate
- tridentate
- tubulidentate
- unidentate
Phrases with dentate
Questions about dentate
- What does dentate mean?
- Dentate means having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.
- What is dentate in Tamil?
- Dentate in Tamil is பல்லுள்ள. See Dentate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dentate?
- Dentate is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dentate?
- Dentate is pronounced /ˈdɛnteɪt/.
Words near dentate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dentate (page history and authors); dentate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దంతాకారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); dentate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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