English → Latin
“adjacent” in Latin
fīnitimusbordering upon, adjoining, adjacent, neighbouring; close, near; concerning or originating from neighbouring people; men cōnfīnisbordering on, adjoining, contiguousvīcīnusnear, neighboring; like, similar, kindredpropinquusnear, nearby, neighboring; near, at hand, not far off; resembling, similar, like, alikeaffīnisneighbouring, allied to, kindred; partaking, taking part in, privy to, sharing, associated withcontiguusbordering on, neighboring, contiguousconterminusadjoining, neighboring, having a common borderlīmitāneusborder; limiting (at a limit)
The English word adjacent itself goes back to Latin ad, through adiacēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adjacent
finitimus (lying on the borders of): confinis (having a common boundary): vicinus, propinquus (near); all four with dative: conjunctus alicui loco: continens alicui loco, or cum aliquo loco. Observe, affinis, in this sense, hardly belongs to classical prose (though found Liv., 28, 17, 5): contiguus, conterminus, poetical and late: limitaneus, very late. To be adjacent to, adjacere alicui terrae, or aliquam terram; imminere alicui terrae: tangere, attingere, contingere terram.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adjacent?
- The usual Latin words for “adjacent” are fīnitimus, cōnfīnis, vīcīnus; also propinquus, affīnis, contiguus. 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.