interdental

[ in-ter-den-tl ]

adjective
  1. between teeth.

  2. Phonetics. articulated with the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower front teeth, as the fricatives (th̸) and (th) of thy and thigh.

Origin of interdental

1
First recorded in 1870–75; inter- + dental

Other words from interdental

  • in·ter·den·tal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby interdental

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British Dictionary definitions for interdental

interdental

/ (ˌɪntəˈdɛntəl) /


adjective
  1. situated between teeth

  2. phonetics (of a consonant) pronounced with the tip of the tongue lying between the upper and lower front teeth, as for the th sounds in English thin and then

Derived forms of interdental

  • interdentally, adverb

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