carie
Meanings
Noun
1. decay (uncountable), cavity (countable) (process or result of bone or teeth being gradually decomposed) (dentistry)
2. rot (process of a plant becoming rotten) (botany)
3. rust (disease of cereals in which the grain is replaced by the spores of a reddish-brown fungus in genus Uredo) (agriculture)
Examples7
Yanni avait une carie.
Yanni had a cavity.
Je pense que j'ai une carie.
I think I have a cavity.
Je n'ai pas de caries.
I don't have any cavities.
Une mère se doit de protéger les dents de ses enfants des caries.
A mother must protect her child's teeth from decay.
Le brossage dentaire aide à éviter les caries.
Brushing your teeth will help prevent cavities.
Le brossage des dents aide à prévenir les caries.
Brushing teeth helps prevent cavities.