dentifrice

From Middle English dentifricie, from Latin dentifricium (“powder for rubbing the teeth”), from dens (“tooth”) + fricāre (“to rub”). Compare French dentifrice.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.tɪˌfrɪs/
• Hyphenation: den‧ti‧frice

dentifrice (countable and uncountable, plural dentifrices)

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

Learned borrowing from Latin dentifricium.

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.ti.fʁis/

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dentifrice m (plural dentifrices)

1. toothpaste

• brosse à dents
• pâte à dents

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