Meaning

1 senses

  1. One of the four (one upper and one lower on each side) rearmost molars in humans, which typically develop between ages 18-24.

    Weisheitszahn

    зуб му́дростиzub múdrosti

    зуб му́дростіzub múdrosti

    any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)

Examples

67 sentences

  1. My upper right wisdom tooth hurts.

    Мій верхній правий зуб мудрості болить. — Ahha

    ruУ меня болит верхний правый зуб мудрости. — marafon

    deMein rechter oberer Weisheitszahn tut weh. — xtofu80

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  2. My wisdom teeth are coming in.

    ruУ меня режутся зубы мудрости. — polymerase

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  3. Tom had his wisdom teeth taken out.

    ruТому удалили зуб мудрости. — sharptoothed

    deTom ließ sich die Weisheitszähne ziehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. One of my wisdom teeth is coming in.

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  5. When do people start to get their wisdom teeth?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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rearmost molar in humans:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
rearmost molar in humans:

Origin

From wisdom + tooth, calque of Latin dēns sapientiae, which is itself a calque of Ancient

From wisdom + tooth, calque of Latin dēns sapientiae, which is itself a calque of Ancient Greek σωφρονιστῆρες (sōphronistêres, “prudent or self-controlled ones (i.e. teeth)”), because they arrive approximately when one has reached the age of prudence or wisdom. Compare also German Weisheitszahn (“wisdom tooth”), Danish visdomstand (“wisdom tooth”), Swedish visdomstand (“wisdom tooth”), Icelandic vísdómstönn (“wisdom tooth”), Dutch verstandskies (“wisdom tooth”, literally “intellect molar”), German Low German Verstandskuus (“wisdom tooth”, literally “wisdom molar”). Chinese 智齒 /智齿 (zhìchǐ), Russian зуб мудрости (zub mudrosti), Hebrew שן בינה (shen biná) and Finnish viisaudenhammas also mean “tooth of wisdom”.

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Forms

plural: wisdom teeth
Singularwisdom tooth
Pluralwisdom teeth

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See also

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