teething

Questions about teething

What does teething mean?

teething means "the eruption through the gums of baby teeth".

How many syllables are in teething?

teething has 2 syllables: tee-thing. The stress falls on "tee". In IPA it is /ˈtiðɪŋ/.

What is another word for teething?

Close synonyms include dentition, odontiasis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is teething a common word?

teething is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.