interdental

inter- +‎ dental.

• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

interdental (comparative more interdental, superlative most interdental)

1. Pertaining to the space between the teeth.

   It is recommended to use an interdental brush, or dental floss, to clean between the teeth.

2. (phonetics) Pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth.

interdental (plural interdentals)

1. (phonetics) A speech sound pronounced with the tongue between the top and bottom teeth.
2. (dentistry) A small toothbrush for cleaning in between adjacent teeth.
   • 2012, The Malahat Review, numbers 178-181, page 79:

     After he was struck by lightning, Melnyk suffered chronic problems with his teeth, despite brushing and flossing and using interdentals and even a Water Pic.

From inter- +‎ dental.

interdental m or f (masculine and feminine plural interdentals)

1. interdental

• “interdental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “interdental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “interdental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “interdental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From inter- +‎ dental.

interdental m or n (feminine singular interdentală, masculine plural interdentali, feminine and neuter plural interdentale)

1. interdental

From inter- +‎ dental.

• IPA^(key): /inteɾdenˈtal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧den‧tal

interdental m or f (masculine and feminine plural interdentales)

1. interdental

• “interdental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014