dentition
French, noun/dɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/
dentition is spelled D-E-N-T-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dentition is a French feminine noun meaning “dentition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Naissance et formation des dents depuis l’enfance jusqu’à l’adolescence”.
What does dentition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedentition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Naissance et formation des dents depuis l’enfance jusqu’à l’adolescence. 2. Poussée de dents. 3. Denture, ensemble des dents. 4. Ensemble de pics et de reliefs rappelant une suite de dents.
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 dentition
- dentitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dentition?
- /dɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/
- \dɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dentition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dentition in French?
dentition appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).