premolar

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ molar

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Noun

premolar (plural premolars)

  1. A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares)
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
      He opened and let out a hogo of medicinal rum and beer. The bad tooth was a premolar.

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

premolar (not comparable)

  1. Before a molar tooth, either in physical position or in its time of development; deciduous.

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

premolar m (definite singular premolaren, indefinite plural premolarer, definite plural premolarene)

  1. premolar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

premolar m (definite singular premolaren, indefinite plural premolarar, definite plural premolarane)

  1. premolar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French prémolaire.

Noun

premolar m (plural premolari)

  1. premolar

Declension
Declension of premolar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) premolar premolarul (niște) premolari premolarii
genitive/dative (unui) premolar premolarului (unor) premolari premolarilor
vocative premolarule premolarilor

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɾemoˈlaɾ/ [pɾe.moˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧mo‧lar

Adjective

premolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural premolares)

  1. premolar

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