English → Latin
“auburn” in Latin
flāvusyellow (originally in prose of ripe barley and wheat); blond, pale-(haired); whiteflāveōto be golden yellow or light yellowaureusMade of gold, golden; gilded; Of the color of gold, gold-colored; shining or glittering like gold; of physical and menta
The English word auburn itself goes back to Latin albus, through alburnus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
auburn
flavus: flavens (of hair, etc., composed of green, red, and white, Georges): aureus (golden) [SYN. under YELLOW]: colore nuceo (nut-brown).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for auburn?
- The usual Latin words for “auburn” are flāvus, flāveō, aureus. 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.