incisor

English

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin incīsor, from incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) +‎ -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

incisor (plural incisors)

(anatomy, zootomy) A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂eyd-‎ (0 c, 31 e)

Translations

narrow-edged tooth

Arabic: قَاطِعَة f (qāṭiʕa)
Armenian: կտրիչ ատամ (ktričʻ atam)
Bulgarian: резец (bg) m (rezec)
Catalan: incisiva f, dent incisiva f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 門牙／门牙 (zh) (ményá), 門齒／门齿 (zh) (ménchǐ)
Czech: řezák (cs) m
Danish: fortand (da) c
Dutch: snijtand (nl) m
Esperanto: incizivo, tranĉodento
Finnish: etuhammas (fi)
French: incisive (fr) f
Galician: incisivo (gl) m, pa (gl)
Georgian: საჭრელი კბილი (sač̣reli ḳbili)
German: Schneidezahn (de) m
Greek: κοπτήρας (el) m (koptíras), τομεύς (el) m (toméfs), τομέας (el) m (toméas)
Hebrew: חוֹתֶכֶת f (ḥotechét)
Hungarian: metszőfog (hu)
Icelandic: framtönn (is) f
Ido: incizivo (io)
Inuktitut: ᓯᕗᐊᑦ (sifoat)
Italian: incisivo (it) m
Japanese: 門歯 (ja) (もんし, monshi)
Korean: 앞니 (ko) (amni), 문치 (munchi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: diranê pêşî m
Macedonian: секач m (sekač)
Malay: gigi kacip
Maori: niho tapahi, pākirikiri (on the lower jaw only)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fortann (no) m or f

Nynorsk: framtann f
Persian: دندان پیش (dandân-e piš)
Polish: siekacz (pl) m
Portuguese: incisivo m
Romanian: incisiv (ro) m
Russian: резе́ц (ru) m (rezéc)
Scottish Gaelic: clàr-fhiacaill f
Slovak: rezák
Slovene: sekalec (sl) m
Spanish: diente incisivo m, incisivo (es) m
Swedish: framtand (sv) c, incisiv (sv) c
Tagalog: ngiping harap
Thai: ฟันตัด (fan-dtàt)
Turkish: kesici diş
Vietnamese: răng cửa (vi)
Volapük: kötatut, beitatut (vo)
Welsh: dant blaen m
West Coast Bajau: impon kapak

References

“incisor”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“incisor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

Cirinos, Corsini

Latin

Etymology

From incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) +‎ -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈkiː.sor/, [ɪŋˈkiːs̠ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃi.sor/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬or]

Noun

incīsor m (genitive incīsōris); third declension (New Latin)

(anatomy, zootomy) incisor

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	incīsor	incīsōrēs
Genitive	incīsōris	incīsōrum
Dative	incīsōrī	incīsōribus
Accusative	incīsōrem	incīsōrēs
Ablative	incīsōre	incīsōribus
Vocative	incīsor	incīsōrēs

Descendants

→ English: incisor

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