dentine

\dɑ̃.tin\

/\dɑ̃.tin\/ noun

The verdict

“dentine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance majoritaire constituant la dent et plus généralement l’organe dentaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dentine · dentine · French

dentine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for dentine
PropertyValue
Headworddentine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɑ̃.tin\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dentine » en français

dentinesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dentine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɑ̃.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substance majoritaire constituant la dent et plus généralement l’organe dentaire.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dentine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dentine, spelled D-E-N-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Substance majoritaire constituant la dent et plus généralement l’organe dentaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dentine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La dentine est vascularisée et innervée par les vaisseaux et les nerfs venant du desmodonte depuis l’apex radiculaire jusqu’à la chambre pulpaire coronaire
  2. Autour de la pulpe et des canaux, la dentine est le tissu dur où se fixe le calcium.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dentine"?
"dentine" is spelled D-E-N-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ̃.tin\.
What does "dentine" mean?
As a noun, "dentine" means: Substance majoritaire constituant la dent et plus généralement l’organe dentaire.
How do you pronounce "dentine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dentine" is \dɑ̃.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dentine" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list