dentist
/ˈdɛntɪst/
dentist noun: a medical doctor who specializes in teeth. Also the deliberate misspelling of Dengist.
Noun
dentist (plural dentists)
- A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.
- 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...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 119
- 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
Also used as
dentist is also the deliberate misspelling of Dengist.
dentist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
dentist in Hindi
- specialized tooth doctor
- डेंटिस्ट ḍẽṭisṭ
dentist in Tamil
- specialized tooth doctor
- பல் மருத்துவர் pal maruttuvar
dentist in Urdu
- specialized tooth doctor
- ڈینٹسٹ ḍeṇṭisṭ, دندان ساز dandān sāz
dentist in Telugu
- specialized tooth doctor
- దంతవైద్యుడు dantavaidyuḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- dentist in Sanskrit
- दन्तवैद्य dantavaidya
- dentist in Tagalog
- dentista
- dentist in Arabic
- طَبِيب أَسْنَان ṭabīb ʔasnān, طَبِيبَة أَسْنَان ṭabībat ʔasnān
- dentist in Malay
- doktor gigi
- dentist in Indonesian
- dokter gigi
- dentist in Persian
- دندانپزشک dandân-pezešk, dental technician) دندانساز dandân-sâz
- dentist in Thai
- ทันตแพทย์ tan-dtà-pɛ̂ɛt, หมอฟัน mɔ̌ɔ-fan
- dentist in Vietnamese
- nha sĩ, bác sĩ nha khoa, thầy thuốc chữa răng
Examples of dentist in a sentence
- The dentist pulled out the decayed tooth and put in a bridge.
- The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.
- We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.
Forms of dentist
| plural | dentists |
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Origin of dentist
Borrowed from French dentiste.
Words formed from dentist
Questions about dentist
- What does dentist mean?
- Dentist means a medical doctor who specializes in teeth.
- What is dentist in Hindi?
- Dentist in Hindi is डेंटिस्ट (ḍẽṭisṭ). See Dentist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dentist?
- Dentist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dentist?
- Dentist is pronounced /ˈdɛntɪst/.
- What is the plural of dentist?
- The plural of dentist is dentists.
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