dentifrice
English
Etymology
From Middle English dentifricie, from Latin dentifricium (“powder for rubbing the teeth”), from dens (“tooth”) + fricāre (“to rub”). Compare French dentifrice.
Noun
dentifrice (countable and uncountable, plural dentifrices)
- Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
Hyponyms
Translations
any substance for cleaning the teeth
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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dentifricium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑ̃.ti.fʁis/
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See also
Further reading
- “dentifrice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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