English → Latin
“abroad” in Latin
forumpublic place, marketplace, forumperegrē̆abroad; to, from abroadhabitōto reside, inhabit, remain, dwell, live; to lingerprōcēdōto proceed, advance; to show oneself, appear, become visible; to go towards, go to meetperegrīnorto be or live in foreign parts, be abroad or a stranger, go abroad, travel about; roam, rove; sojourn abroad, peregrinatignōrōto not know; to be unacquainted with; to be ignorant of; to ignore, disregard
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
abroad
foris (out of a place; out of doors: foris cenare, to dine abroad or out): peregre (in another country; e.g., habitare, to live abroad). To GO ABROAD, (1) appear in public, in publicum prodire or procedere; (2) visit foreign countries, peregre proficisci. To BE ABROAD, (1) to be in a foreign country, peregrinari; (2) not to understand, aliquid nescire, ignorare; alicajus rei ignarum esse; in aliqua re non multum intelligere (e.g., in statues, pictures); in aliqua re rudem esse; alicujus rei rudem or imperitum, or rudem et imperitum esse; in aliqua re peregrinum atque hospitem esse. To return from abroad, peregre redire.
To publish anything abroad, aliquid foras proferre, in apertum proferre, divulgare. To be spread abroad far and wide, late longeque diffundi. To get abroad, emanare (to leak out, of secrets). To be generally talked abroad, omnium sermone celebrari Vid: “GET abroad,” “COME abroad.” ABROGATE, abrogare (to abolish by the authority of the people): derogare legi or aliquid de lege (of a partial abolition; but sometimes with accusative for abrogare, Ochsner): obrogare legi (to repeal it wholly or in part by a subsequent enactment).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for abroad?
- The usual Latin words for “abroad” are forum, peregrē̆, habitō; also prōcēdō, peregrīnor, ignōrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.