dental

dentaire

Qui concerne les dents, leurs soins ou leur traitement.

En anglais simple : Related to teeth or their care and treatment.

• Dental care can be expensive.
• I use dental floss every evening.
• Does your insurance cover dental treatment?

Synonymes : toothly, teethly

Expressions courantes : dental care, dental floss, dental treatment, dental clinic

dental

Se dit d’un son produit avec la langue contre les dents de devant ou la zone située juste derrière.

En anglais simple : Describing a speech sound made with the tongue touching the front teeth or the area just behind them.

• This language has dental consonants.
• The teacher demonstrated a dental fricative.
• Hold your tongue against your upper teeth to make this dental sound.

Expressions courantes : dental consonant, dental fricative, dental sound