dentil

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dentil

Sounds like dental

Where it comes from

From French dentille, ultimately from Latin dente, ablative singular of dēns.

noun dentils

Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.

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noun a small rectangular block projecting like a tooth from beneath a cornice

Español	dentellón, dentículo
中文	齒狀裝飾 /齿状装饰 chǐzhuàng zhuāngshì
Português	dentículo
Français	denticule
Deutsch	Zahnschnitt
Italiano	dentello
Русский	денти́кул dentíkul, суха́рик suxárik

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@misc{dentil_2026,
  title = {dentil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dentil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}