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dentifrice

Syllables: den·ti·frice/ˈdɛn.tɪˌfrɪs/

dentifrice noun: toothpaste or any other substance, such as a powder or liquid, for cleaning the teeth.

Noun

dentifrice (countable and uncountable, plural dentifrices)

  1. Toothpaste or any other substance, such as a powder or liquid, for cleaning the teeth.

dentifrice meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati

dentifrice in Tamil

பற்பொடி

dentifrice in Kannada

ಹಲ್ಲುಪುಡಿ

dentifrice in Gujarati

dentifrice, tooth powder
દંતમંજન dantmañjan

Forms of dentifrice

pluraldentifrices

Origin of dentifrice

From Middle English dentifricie, from Latin dentifricium (“powder for rubbing the teeth”), from dens (“tooth”) + fricāre (“to rub”). Compare French dentifrice.

Questions about dentifrice

What does dentifrice mean?
Dentifrice means toothpaste or any other substance, such as a powder or liquid, for cleaning the teeth.
What is dentifrice in Tamil?
Dentifrice in Tamil is பற்பொடி. See Dentifrice meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dentifrice?
Dentifrice is a noun.
How do you pronounce dentifrice?
Dentifrice is pronounced /ˈdɛn.tɪˌfrɪs/.
What is the plural of dentifrice?
The plural of dentifrice is dentifrices.

Words near dentifrice in the dictionary

  1. denticules
  2. dentiferous
  3. dentification
  4. dentifications
  5. dentiform
  6. dentifrice
  7. dentifrices
  8. dentigerous
  9. dentil
  10. dentilabial
  11. dentilabialization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dentifrice (page history and authors); dentifrice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dentifrice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); દંતમંજન (Gujarati) (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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