dentifrice

English

Etymology

From Middle French dentifrice.

Noun

dentifrice (countable and uncountable, plural dentifrices)

Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.

Translations

any substance for cleaning the teeth

Chinese:
Mandarin: 潔齒劑, 洁齿剂 (jiéchǐjì)
Finnish: hampaiden puhdistusaine

Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: dentífrico (es) m

French

Etymology

From Latin dentifricium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.ti.fʁis/

Noun

dentifrice m (plural dentifrices)

toothpaste

Further reading

“dentifrice” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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