English → Latin
“bounce” in Latin
resiliōto leap or spring back; rebound, recoil, retreat; to start back, shrink from, retreatresultōto spring forward, rebound; to follow as a consequence, to come up logically; to echo or resoundcrepōto rattle, rustle, clatter; to crack, creak; to prattle, talk noisilyrōbustusof oak, oaken; hard, firm, solid, robustvalidusstrong; healthy, well; worthyfortisstrong, powerful; firm, resolute, steadfast, stout; courageous, braveprōsiliōto leap, jump, rush or spring forth or up; to burst or break forth, start out, start up; to hastenprōrumpōto break or burst forth or outērumpōto break out (of), to burst out (of); to sally forth, rush out; to break out, burst forthirrumpōto intrude; to storm, dash, or burst into; to invade
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bounce
To bounce up or back, resilire, resultare. The hail bounces back from the top of the house, resilit grando a culmine tecti. The water bounces in the kettles, unda exsultat ahenis. To bounce into the air, in altum expelli. To bounce out, prosilire; prorumpere, erumpere: in, irrumpere or irruere in, etc. My heart bounces, cor mihi rite salit.
Make a noise, crepare. Bounces at the door, pulsare fores vehementer; quatere fores.
Vapor, swagger, se jactare, insolenter gloriari.
Bouncing, robustus, validus, fortis. A bouncing girl, virgo valens, valida; virago.
bounce s.
crepitus; ictus, pulsus; jactatio (boasting): minae (threats).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bounce?
- The usual Latin words for “bounce” are resiliō, resultō, crepō; also rōbustus, validus, fortis. 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.