toothache

English

Etymology

From Middle English toth-ake, from Old English tōþeċe (“toothache”). By surface analysis, tooth +‎ ache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuθˌeɪk/

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Noun

toothache (countable and uncountable, plural toothaches)

1. (medicine) A pain or ache in a tooth.

   Synonyms: dentalgia, odontalgia, teethache

   I often have toothache.

   • 2026 September 24, “Edinburgh Zoo's red panda goes to the vet for toothache”, in BBC News‎^[1], retrieved 24 September 2026:

     Keepers noticed that Bruce was not eating his food. They sent him to Royal Zoological Society of Scotland vets who discovered he was suffering from toothache.

Derived terms

• African toothache
• I have a toothache
• toothache bark
• toothache grass
• toothache plant
• toothache tree
• toothachey
• toothachy

Translations

ache in a tooth

• Afrikaans: tandpyn
• Albanian: dhimbje dhëmbi f, dhembje dhëmbi f
• Arabic: أَلَمُ أَسْنَان m (ʔalamu ʔasnān), أَلَمُ الْأَسْنَان m (ʔalamu l-ʔasnān) (definite)
• Armenian: ատամնացավ (atamnacʻav)
• Assamese: দাঁতৰ বিষ (dãtor bix)
• Azerbaijani: diş ağrısı
• Belarusian: зубны́ боль m (zubný bolʹ)
• Bengali: দাঁতের ব্যথা (dãter bêtha)
• Bulgarian: зъбобо́л m (zăboból)
• Burmese: သွားကိုက်ခြင်း (swa:kuikhkrang:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牙痛 (ngaa⁴ tung³), 齒痛 / 齿痛 (ci² tung³)

  Mandarin: 牙痛 (zh) (yátòng), 齒痛 / 齿痛 (zh) (chǐtòng)

• Czech: bolest zubů f
• Danish: tandpine (da) c pl
• Dolgan: тиис ыарыыта
• Dutch: tandpijn (nl) f, kiespijn (nl) f
• Estonian: hambavalu
• Finnish: hammassärky (fi)
• French: mal aux dents m, mal de dents m
• Galician: dor de moas f
• Georgian: კბილის ტკივილი (ḳbilis ṭḳivili)
• German: Zahnschmerz (de) m, Zahnweh (de)
• Greek: πονόδοντος (el) m (ponódontos), οδονταλγία (el) f (odontalgía)
• Hawaiian: niho huʻi
• Hebrew: כאב שיניים / כְּאֵב שִׁנַּיִם m (ke'év shináyim)
• Hindi: दाँत दर्द m (dā̃t dard), दाँत का दर्द m (dā̃t kā dard)
• Hungarian: fogfájás (hu)
• Icelandic: tannpína (is) f
• Indonesian: sakit gigi
• Irish: tinneas fiacaile m, déideadh m
• Italian: mal di denti m
• Japanese: 歯痛 (ja) (しつう, shitsū)
• Javanese: lara untu
• Kazakh: тіс ауруы (tis awruwı)
• Khmer: ឈឺធ្មេញ (chɨɨ thmɨñ)
• Korean: 치통(齒痛) (ko) (chitong), 이앓이 (iari)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ددانێشە (didanêşe)

• Kyrgyz: тиш оорусу (tiş oorusu)
• Latvian: zobu sāpes f pl
• Lithuanian: dantų skausmas m
• Macedonian: забо́болка (mk) f (zabóbolka)
• Malay: sakit gigi
• Māori: niho tunga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: шүдний өвчин (šüdnii övčin)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tannverk (no) m, tannpine m or f

  Nynorsk: tannverk m, tannpine f

• Okinawan: 歯病ん (はーやん, hāyan)
• Old English: tōþeċe m
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: دَنْدان‌دَرْد (fa) (dandân-dard)

• Polish: ból zęba m
• Portuguese: dor de dente f
• Romanian: durere de dinți f
• Russian: зубна́я боль f (zubnája bolʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèideadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зубо̀боља f

  Latin: zubòbolja (sh) f

• Slovak: bolesť zubov f
• Slovene: zobobol (sl) m
• Southern Altai: тиштиҥ сызы (tištiŋ sïzï), тиштиҥ оорузы (tištiŋ ooruzï)
• Swedish: tandvärk (sv) c
• Tagalog: sakit-ngipin, sakit ng ngipin
• Tajik: дарди дандон (dard-i dandon), дандондард (tg) (dandondard)
• Thai: ปวดฟัน (bpùuat-fan)
• Turkish: diş ağrısı (tr)
• Turkmen: diş agyry
• Ukrainian: зубни́й біль m (zubnýj bilʹ)
• Urdu: دان٘ت کا دَرْد m (dā̃t kā dard)
• Uyghur: تىش ئاغرىقى (tish aghriqi)
• Uzbek: tish ogʻrigʻi
• Vietnamese: đau răng, bệnh đau răng
• Volapük: tutadol (vo)
• Welsh: dannoedd f
• Yoruba: akokoro