dentale
French, noun/dɑ̃.tal/
dentale is spelled D-E-N-T-A-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dentale is a French feminine noun meaning “dental consonant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of dental. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Consonne dentale”.
What does dentale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedental consonant
noun
- 1
masculineany of the tusk shells in the family Dentaliidae
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of dental
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Consonne dentale.
noun: 1. Mollusque univalve fouisseur vivant dans la vase ou le sable, Antalis vulgaris.
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 dentale
- dentales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dentale?
- /dɑ̃.tal/
- \dɑ̃.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dentale in French?
dentale appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).