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Tooth

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1 English

From Middle English < Old English tōð (plural: teð) < Proto-Germanic *tanth / *tunth < Proto-Indo-European *dont- /*dent- (tooth).

tooth (Plural: teeth)

A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
A sharp projection on a saw or similar implement.
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with the teeth of adjacent gears or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.

Arabic: سِنٌّ (sinn) f, أسْنَان (’asnáːn) pl
Breton: dant m, dent pl (1)
Bulgarian: зъб (zəb) m, зъби (zəbi) pl
Chinese: 牙齒 (yáchǐ)
Croatian: zub m, zubi pl
Czech: zub m
Danish: tand c, tänder pl (1,2)
Dutch: tand m (1,2,3), zaagtand m (2)
Estonian: hammas (1)
Finnish: hammas (1,2,3)
French: dent m (1,2,3)
German: Zahn m, Zähne pl (1,3), Sägezahn (2)
Greek: δόντι (dónti) n, οδούς (odoús) m
Guaraní: ãi (t-) (1)
Hebrew: שן (shén) f (1)
Hindi: दांत़ (daant) m (1,2,3)
Hungarian: fog (1,2,3)
Indonesian: gigi (1)
Interlingua: dente (1)
Italian: dente m (1)
Japanese: 歯 (は, ha) (1)
Korean: 이 (i) (1), 이빨 (ippal) (1)
Kurdish: didan , diran m
Latin: dens, dentis
Lakota: hi
Mbabaram: dirra
Norwegian: tann c (1,2)
Ojibwe: -bid , -bidan pl (inalienable, always requires a pronoun: niibid = my tooth)
Polish: ząb m, zęby pl (1)
Portuguese: dente m (1)
Romanian: dinte m (1,2,3)
Russian: зуб (zub) m, зубы (zúby) pl (1)
Serbian: зуб (zub) m, зуби (zúbi) pl (1)
Slovak: zub m, zuby pl
Spanish: diente m (1)
Swahili: jino sg, meno pl (noun 5/6) (1)
Swedish: tand c (1,2)
Thai: กราม (graam), ฟันกราม (fan graam), ทันต์ (than dtà, formal) (1); ฟัน (fan) (1,2,3)
Tok Pisin: tis (1)
Tupinambá: ãîa (t-) (1)
Turkish: diş , dişler pl (1)
Ukrainian: зуб (zub) m, зуби (zúby) pl (1)