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denté

French, adjective/dɑ̃.te/

denté is spelled D-E-N-T-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Denté is a French adjective meaning “toothed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of denter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a des pointes en forme de dents”.

What does denté mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    toothed

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of denter

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a des pointes en forme de dents. 2. Dont le bord est découpé en pointes serrées les unes contre les autres.

noun: 1. Espèce de poisson osseux marin carnivore, un sparidé aux dents nombreuses.

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 denté

  • dentée feminine
  • dentés masculine plural
  • dentées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce denté?

  • /dɑ̃.te/
  • \dɑ̃.te\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to denté

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is denté in French?

denté appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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