dentist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dentiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntɪst/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dentist (plural dentists)

1. A medical doctor who specializes in dentistry.
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Related terms

• antidentite
• dental
• denture

Translations

specialized tooth doctor

• Afrikaans: tandarts
• Albanian: dentist (sq)
• Arabic: طَبِيب اَلْأَسْنَان m (ṭabīb al-ʔasnān), دُكْتُور اَلْأَسْنَان m (duktūr al-ʔasnān)

  Egyptian Arabic: دكتور أسنان m (duktūr ʾasnān)

• Armenian: ատամնաբույժ (hy) (atamnabuyž)
• Asturian: dentista m or f
• Azerbaijani: diş həkimi
• Basque: haginlari
• Belarusian: зубны́ ле́кар m (zubný ljékar)
• Bulgarian: зъболе́кар (bg) m (zǎbolékar)
• Catalan: dentista
• Chechen: цергийн лор (cergiı̇n lor)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牙醫／牙医 (ngaa⁴ ji¹), 牙医 (ngaa⁴ ji¹)

  Mandarin: 牙醫／牙医 (zh) (yáyī), 牙医 (zh) (yáyī), 牙科醫生／牙科医生 (zh) (yákē yīshēng), 牙科医生 (zh) (yákē yīshēng)

• Czech: zubař (cs) m
• Danish: tandlæge (da) c
• Dutch: tandarts (nl)
• Esperanto: dentisto (eo), dentistino (female)
• Estonian: hambaarst (et)
• Faroese: tannlækni m
• Finnish: hammaslääkäri (fi)
• French: dentiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: dentista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: კბილის ექიმი (ḳbilis ekimi)
• German: Zahnarzt (de) m, Zahnärztin (de) f
• Greek: οδοντίατρος (el) m or f (odontíatros)
• Hawaiian: kauka niho
• Hebrew: רוֹפֵא שִׁינַּייִם (he) m (rofe' shinaim), רופאת שיניים f (rof'at shinaim)
• Hindi: डेंटिस्ट (hi) m (ḍẽṭisṭ)
• Hungarian: fogorvos (hu), fogász (hu)
• Ido: dentisto (io)
• Indonesian: dokter gigi (id)
• Irish: fiaclóir
• Italian: dentista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 歯医者 (ja) (はいしゃ, haisha), 歯科医 (ja) (しかい, shikai), 歯科医師 (ja) (しかいし, shikaishi)
• Khmer: ពេទ្យធ្មេញ (pɛɛt tmɨɲ)
• Korean: 치과의사 (chigwauisa) (齒科醫師)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Lao: ໝໍປົວແຂ້ວ (mǭ pūa khǣu)
• Latvian: zobārsts m, zobārste f, stomatologs m, stomatoloģe f
• Lithuanian: dantų gydytojas
• Macedonian: забар m (zabar), заболе́кар m (zabolékar), стоматоло́г m (stomatológ)
• Malay: doktor gigi
• Maori: tākuta niho
• Mongolian: шүдний эмч (šüdnii emč)
• Nama: ǁgûǀaedī-aob
• Norman: dentiste m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tannlege (no) m

  Nynorsk: tannlege m

• Ojibwe: wiibidaa-mashkikiiwinini, wiibidaa-mashkikiiwinini
• Papiamentu: dentista
• Persian: دندان‌پزشک (fa) (dandân-pezešk), (also: dental technician) دندانساز (fa) (dandân-sâz)
• Polish: dentysta (pl) m, dentystka (pl) f, stomatolog (pl) m or f
• Portuguese: dentista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: dentist (ro) m, dentistă (ro) f
• Russian: зубно́й врач (ru) m (zubnój vrač), данти́ст (ru) m (dantíst), стомато́лог (ru) m (stomatólog), зубно́й (ru) m (zubnój) (colloquial)
• Scottish Gaelic: fiaclaire m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зу̀ба̄р m

  Roman: zùbār (sh) m

• Slovak: zubár m, zubárka
• Slovene: zobozdravnik (sl) m, zobozdravníca f
• Spanish: dentista (es) m or f, odontólogo (es) m
• Swedish: tandläkare (sv)
• Tagalog: dentista (tl)
• Tahitian: taote niho
• Telugu: దంతవైద్యుడు (te) (dantavaidyuḍu)
• Thai: ทันตแพทย์ (tan-dtà-pɛ̂ɛt)
• Turkish: diş tabibi (tr), diş hekimi (tr), dişçi (tr), diş doktoru (tr)
• Turkmen: diş doktory
• Ukrainian: зубни́й лі́кар m (zubnýj líkar), данти́ст m (dantýst)
• Urdu: ڈینٹسٹ m (ḍeṇṭisṭ), دندان ساز m (dandān sāz)
• Vietnamese: thầy thuốc chữa răng, nha sĩ (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) tutisanavan (vo), (♂) tutihisanavan, (♀) tutijisanavan
• Welsh: deintydd (cy)
• West Frisian: toskedokter
• Yiddish: צאָנדאָקטער m (tsondokter)
• Zulu: udokotela wamazinyo

See also

• orthodontics
• toothpuller

Anagrams

• distent, stinted

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Dutch

Etymology

From French dentiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛnˈtɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: den‧tist

Noun

dentist m (plural dentisten, diminutive dentistje n, feminine dentiste)

1. dentist

Synonyms

• tandarts

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dentiste, German Dentist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /denˈtist/

Noun

dentist m (plural dentiști, feminine equivalent dentistă)

1. dentist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dentist	dentistul		dentiști	dentiștii
genitive-dative	dentist	dentistului		dentiști	dentiștilor
vocative	dentistule			dentiștilor

Synonyms

• stomatolog, odontoiatru

Derived terms

• dentistică

Related terms

• dinte

References

• dentist in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)