carie

See also: carié, caríe, and cárie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caries.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁi/

Noun

carie f (plural caries)

  1. (dentistry) decay (uncountable), cavity (countable) (process or result of bone or teeth being gradually decomposed)
  2. (botany) rot (process of a plant becoming rotten)
  3. (agriculture) rust (disease of cereals in which the grain is replaced by the spores of a reddish-brown fungus in genus Uredo)

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Interlingua

Noun

carie (uncountable)

  1. caries, decay

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caries.

Noun

carie f (invariable)

  1. decay, caries, cavity (of the teeth)
  2. (botany) rot
  3. (pathology) caries (of bones)

Synonyms

  • (dental caries) carie dentale

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Latin

Noun

cariē

  1. ablative singular of caries

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carie, Latin caries.

Noun

carie f (plural carii)

  1. dental cavity, tooth decay, caries

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