English → Latin
“beak” in Latin
rōstrumbill or beak of a bird; snout or muzzle of an animal; prow of a shiprostelluma little beakrōstrātusrostrate or beaky: beaked, beak-like; snouty: snouted, snout-like; hooky: hooked, hook-likeaduncushooked, bent, curved
The English word beak itself goes back to Latin beccus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
beak
rostrum (also of a ship); rostellum (diminutive): to attack each other with their beaks, rostrum conserere rostro: beaked, rostratus; aduncus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for beak?
- The usual Latin words for “beak” are rōstrum, rostellum, rōstrātus; also aduncus. 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.