denture

From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛntjə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntʃə(ɹ)

denture (plural dentures)

1. A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.
2. An artificial replacement of one or more teeth.
3. (often in the plural) A complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth.

The use of the term dentures rather than the term false teeth was once considered “non-U”.

• (artificial teeth): choppers, false teeth

• detuner, retuned, tenured, untreed

denture f (plural dentures)

1. denture

• “denture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.