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dinte
tooth /ˈdin.te/
noun#3024 most common
Also: clove (of garlic), tooth/cog (of a gear or comb)
Example sentences
Am un dinte care mă doare.
I have a tooth that hurts.
Copilul și-a pierdut primul dinte.
The child lost his first tooth.
Trebuie să mă spăl pe dinți în fiecare seară.
I need to brush my teeth every evening.
Dentistul mi-a scos un dinte de minte.
The dentist pulled out one of my wisdom teeth.
Un dinte de usturoi dă savoare oricărui sos.
A clove of garlic gives flavor to any sauce.
Scrâșnea din dinți de furie, dar nu a scos o vorbă.
He ground his teeth with fury, but didn't say a word.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dintele | dinții |
| Genitive | dintelui | dinților |
| Accusative | dintele | dinții |
| Vocative | dinte | dinților |
Word family
dentistdentist
dentardental
danturăset of teeth, denture
dințișorlittle tooth (diminutive)
dințattoothed, serrated
Etymology
Dinte descends from the Latin dens, dentis, meaning tooth. The word passed down through spoken Latin into Romanian largely unchanged in sense, only shifting in form. Latin dens itself traces back to a very old Indo-European word for tooth, which also gave rise to the English word tooth through a separate Germanic branch.
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