carie

See also: carié, caríe, cárie, and Carie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁi/
• Homophone: Carie

• Audio:

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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)

Derived terms

• carier

Further reading

• “carie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “carie” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

Anagrams

• acier
• craie
• créai
• écria

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

Related terms

• cariare, cariarsi
• cariato

Anagrams

• -icare, aceri, cerai, creai, erica, irace, recai

Latin

Noun

cariē

1. ablative singular of cariēs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carie, Latin caries. Doublet of car.

Noun

carie f (plural carii)

1. dental cavity, tooth decay, caries

See also

• car