LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

dentālis

dentālis (neuter dentāle)
Classical[dɛnˈtaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[denˈtaː.lis]

Meaning

  1. Late Latintwo terminationbearing or furnished with small toothlike projections
  2. Late Latintwo terminationdental (of or pertaining to the teeth)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedentālisdentālisdentāle
genitivedentālisdentālisdentālis
dativedentālīdentālīdentālī
accusativedentālemdentālemdentāle
ablativedentālīdentālīdentālī
vocativedentālisdentālisdentāle
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedentālēsdentālēsdentālia
genitivedentāliumdentāliumdentālium
dativedentālibusdentālibusdentālibus
accusativedentālīs
dentālēs		dentālīs
dentālēs		dentālia
ablativedentālibusdentālibusdentālibus
vocativedentālēsdentālēsdentālia

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  3. Proto-Italic*dents
  4. Latindentālis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin dentālis From dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalandental
  • Englishdental
  • Frenchdental
  • Italiandentale
  • Occitandental
  • Portuguesedental
  • Spanishdental
  • Galiciandental

In English words that came into English from dentālis

  • dentaldentālis
  • dentaliumdentālis

Quick answers

What does dentālis mean in Latin?
dentālis, a adjective, means “bearing or furnished with small toothlike projections; dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)”.
How do you pronounce dentālis?
In classical Latin, [dɛnˈtaː.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [denˈtaː.lis].
Where does dentālis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts → Proto-Italic *dents → Latin dentālis.