cuspid
/ˈkʌspɪd/noun
cuspid is a noun meaning “A pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-U-S-P-I-D, and it appears about once in every 45 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cuspid is cuspids.
What does cuspid mean?
noun
- 1
A pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
Near-synonyms: eyetooth (only in humans); fang, fangtooth (particularly elongated cuspids in certain animals)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cuspid?
- /ˈkʌspɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-cuspid.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cuspid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cuspid
- cuspids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cuspid?
Cuspid appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cuspid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tooth with a single point:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dent œillère, dent de l'œil |
| German | Augenzahn, Eckzahn |
| Portuguese | dente canino, canino |
| Spanish | canino, colmillo, columelar, canero, canil |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cuspid come from?
From Latin cuspid-, stem of cuspis (“point, apex”). Doublet of cusp and cuspis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).