interdental

[ in-ter-den-tl ]

adjective

1. between teeth.
2. Phonetics. articulated with the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower front teeth, as the fricatives (th̸) and (th) of thy and thigh.

interdental

/ ˌɪntəˈdɛntəl /

adjective

1. situated between teeth
2. phonetics (of a consonant) pronounced with the tip of the tongue lying between the upper and lower front teeth, as for the th sounds in English thin and then

Derived Forms

• ˌinterˈdentally, adverb

Other Words From

• inter·dental·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of interdental¹

First recorded in 1870–75; inter- + dental