dental consonant dental caries • dentale · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · dental consonant · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 16 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge. Synonyms: alveolar consonant, dental consonant, alveolar, dental. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · alveolar consonant · · Synonym 1 alveolar · · Synonym 2 dental · · Synonym 3 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074