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cavité

cavity

noun kah-vee-TEH Rare

Origin: from Latin 'cavitas'

Also means

hollow

Usage Note

Cavité is used in medical contexts (a tooth cavity, a body cavity) and in geology or physics (a resonant cavity). The dental cavity is specifically une cavité dentaire. It is a formal register word; colloquially a tooth cavity is often called une carie.

Examples

"Le dentiste a trouvé une cavité dentaire."

Natural Translation

The dentist found a dental cavity.

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