caries

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin cariēs. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɛə.ɹiːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ɹiz/ Rhymes: -ɛəɹiz Homophones: carries, karris (Mary–marry–merry merger, happy-tensing) Hyphenation: car‧ies ==== Noun ==== caries (usually uncountable, plural caries) The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. (usually) Ellipsis of dental caries (“tooth decay”). Near-synonym: cavity ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== caries third-person singular simple present indicative of cary === References === “caries”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Serica, ericas == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.ʁi/ === Noun === caries f plural of carie === Verb === caries second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of carier === Anagrams === aciers casier craies créais écrias sciera == Latin == === Etymology === From careō (“to lack”) + -iēs. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.ri.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ri.es] === Noun === cariēs f (genitive cariēī); fifth declension decay, rot, rottenness, corruption ==== Declension ==== Fifth-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== cariōsus ==== Descendants ==== === See also === carius === References === “caries”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caries”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “caries”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin caries. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɾjes/ [ˈka.ɾjes] Rhymes: -aɾjes Syllabification: ca‧ries === Noun === caries f (plural caries) (dentistry) caries, cavity ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “caries”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025