Meaning

1 senses
  1. A front tooth.

Origin

From Middle English *fortoth (attested in plural fortethe, foreteþ), from Old English fore

From Middle English *fortoth (attested in plural fortethe, foreteþ), from Old English foretōþ (“front tooth”), equivalent to fore- + tooth. Compare Dutch voorste tand (“front tooth”), German Vorderzahn (“front tooth”).

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Forms

plural: foreteeth
Singularforetooth
Pluralforeteeth

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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