English → Latin
“bridge” in Latin
pōnsA bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.; deckiuguma yoke (for oxen or cattle) or collar (for a horse); a yoke, pair, team of draft oxen; a pair of horses; a chariot; a juratisraft; pontoon bridge; boat, ship, vesseliungōto join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach; esp. of the hand: to clasp, join; of a treaty or agreement: to join, unitiniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to se
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bridge
pons. A little bridge, ponticulus. A bridge on piles, pons sublicius: of boats, pons navalis, rates (et lintres) junctae. To throw a bridge over a river, pontem flumini imponere or injicere, pontem in fluvio or in flumine facere, amnem ponte jungere. To break down a bridge, pontem rescindere, iriterscindere, intercidere, interrumpere: partially, pontem recidere: behind one, pontem interscindere a tergo.
Of the nose, or an instrument, jugum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bridge?
- The usual Latin words for “bridge” are pōns, iugum, ratis; also iungō, iniciō. 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.