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plombage

(tooth) filling

noun plohm-BAHZH Rare

Also means

lead seal

Usage Note

Plombage derives from plomb ('lead') and originally referred to sealing with lead. In everyday French, it almost always means a dental filling — refaire un plombage ('to redo a filling'). Dentists today use composite resin rather than lead amalgam, but the word plombage persists informally for any dental filling material.

Examples

"J'ai perdu un plombage en mangeant une pomme."

Natural Translation

I lost a filling while eating an apple.

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