dent
French, noun/dɑ̃/
dent is spelled D-E-N-T (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dent is a French feminine noun meaning “tooth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit organe composé d’émail, de dentine et d’une pulpe, enchâssés dans la mâchoire, qui sert à inciser, à…”.
What does dent mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetooth
- 2
femininecog (tooth on a gear)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit organe composé d’émail, de dentine et d’une pulpe, enchâssés dans la mâchoire, qui sert à inciser, à déchirer, à mâcher les aliments et à mordre. 2. Pointe à peu près en forme de dent. 3. Partie triangulaire, et coupante d’une lame de scie. 4. Pointe de roue d’engrenage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dent
- dents plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dent?
- /dɑ̃/
- \dɑ̃\
- \daŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dent in French?
dent appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).