English → Latin
“boil” in Latin
ferveōto be hot; to burn; to boil; seethe, foamaestuōto be in agitation or violent commotion, move to and fro, writhe, rage, toss, boil up, heave; to burn, blaze, rage; to bbullōto bubble, boil, effervescebulliōto bubble; to boilfervēfaciōto heat, melt or boilcoquōto cook; prepare food; to ripen; to roast, dryēbulliōto boil or bubble up; to produce in abundanceeffervēscōto boil up or over; to seethe; to foam or effervescedēfervēscōto cease boiling or ragingexundōto flow out or over, overflow; to be washed up
The English word boil itself goes back to Latin bulla, through bulliō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
boil v.
n., fervere (also figuratively of the passions and of men): aestuare (to swell and roar with heat; also figuratively): bullare, bullire (to bubble up). To begin to boil, ebullire, effervescere. To boil enough, defervescere. Boiling hot, fervens. The meats boil, cibaria bullant. To boil over, exundare (of boiling water, Plin., 31, 2, 19). To make to boil, fervefacere. The sea boils, aestuat mare. To boil with envy, invidia aestuare. To boil with anger, ira fervere; saevire:
v. a., fervefacere, infervefacere (make to boil): coquere (cook by boiling). To boil down, decoquere (e.g., acetum ad quartas, Col.). To boil a thing in something, aliquid coquere in or ex aliqua re (e.g., in lacte, ex oleo); incoquere aliqua re or cum aliqua re (e.g., aqua ferventi, cum aqua). To boil quite, percoquere. To boil meats, cibum or cibaria coquere; cibum parare or comparare (general term of preparing meat, etc., for food). Boiled, elixus (opposed to assus): coctus (dressed by fire, opposed to crudus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for boil?
- The usual Latin words for “boil” are ferveō, aestuō, bullō; also bulliō, fervēfaciō, coquō. 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.