English → Latin
“bracket” in Latin
uncushooked, curved, barbed; crooked, bentuncīnushook, barbsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal, signet; emblem, ensignnōtusfamiliar, customary, in common use; widely known, famous, well-known; of great renown, illustrious, celebrated, notoriouinclūdōto shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in; to obstruct, restrain, hinder; to limit, control
The English word bracket itself goes back to Latin brāca.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bracket
in typography), uncus, not uncinus, may be used as technical term; or parenthesis nota or signum (for double brackets). To inclose in brackets, uncis (not uncinis) includere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bracket?
- The usual Latin words for “bracket” are uncus, uncīnus, signum; also nōtus, inclūdō. 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.