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la dent
tooth
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How do you say dent in French?
How do you pronounce dent in French?
dent is pronounced /la dɑ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
La dent cassée me fait très mal.
The broken tooth hurts me a lot. (The adjective 'cassée' agrees with the feminine noun 'dent')
Ma première dent de lait est tombée quand j'avais six ans.
My first baby tooth fell out when I was six years old. (The adjectives 'première' and the past participle 'tombée' agree with the feminine 'dent')
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Why is it feminine?
Dent (tooth) is feminine in French. It derives from Latin "dēns, dentis," which was a third-declension masculine noun. The femininity of "dent" in French likely resulted from the oblique stem "dent-" (from the accusative "dentem") being reinterpreted as the base form in Old French, combined with analogical influence from other body part nouns that were conventionalized as feminine.
What is the French word for tooth?
The French word for tooth is la dent — feminine.
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