teething

English

Etymology

From teethe +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːðɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtiðɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːðɪŋ
• Hyphenation: teeth‧ing

Noun

teething (countable and uncountable, plural teethings)

1. (physiology) The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
   • 2009, Katie Van Dyke, Unlikely Truths of Motherhood:

     But with night feedings and night teethings, often the greatest challenge of all for a young mother is simply fatigue.

Derived terms

• teething issues
• teething ring
• teething problems, teething problem
• teething trouble, teething troubles

Translations

eruption of milk teeth

• Catalan: dentició f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長牙／长牙 (zh) (zhǎngyá)

• Finnish: hampaiden puhkeaminen
• Galician: denticie f, dentición (gl) f
• German: Zahndurchbruch, Zahnen n
• Irish: cur na bhfiacla m, gearradh na bhfiacla m
• Italian: dentizione (it) f
• Latin: dentītiō f, dentiō f
• Polish: ząbkowanie (pl) n
• Russian: проре́зывание зубо́в n (prorézyvanije zubóv)
• Spanish: dentición (es) f

Verb

teething

1. present participle and gerund of teethe

Further reading

• teething on Wikipedia.Wikipedia