dentist
pronunciation
How to pronounce dentist in British English:
UK [ˈdentɪst]
How to pronounce dentist in American English:
US [ˈdentɪst]
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- Noun:
- a person qualified to practice dentistry
Word Origin
- dentist
- dentist: [18] Dentist was borrowed from French dentiste, and at first was ridiculed as a highfalutin foreign term: ‘Dentist figures it now in our newspapers, and may do well enough for a French puffer; but we fancy Rutter is content with being called a tooth-drawer’, Edinburgh Chronicle 15 September 1759. It was a derivative of French dent ‘tooth’, which goes back via Latin dēns to an Indo-European base *dont-, *dent-, source also of English tooth. Other English descendants of Latin dēns include dental [16] and denture [19].=> indent, tooth
- dentist (n.)
- 1759, from French dentiste, from dent "tooth," from Latin dens (see tooth) + -ist. Dentist figures it now in our newspapers, and may do well enough for a French puffer, but we fancy Rutter is content with being called a tooth-drawer ["Edinburgh Chronicle," Sept. 15, 1759]. Tooth-drawer is attested from late 14c.
Example
- 1. What if the dentist says my child needs braces ?
- 2. See your dentist at least once a year .
- 3. Maybe it 's like the dentist .
- 4. That could mean spending money at the dentist .
- 5. Talk to your dentist about how often you should visit .