English → Latin
“brute” in Latin
brūtusdull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable, irrational; heavy, unwieldydūrushard; rough; harsh; hardy; vigorousincultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedferuswild, savage, fierce, cruel; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed, roughatrōxfierce, savage, bloody; heinous, cruel, severe; terrible, frightening, dreadfulinhūmānusinhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly, churlish, discourteousimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savagebēstiaa beastbēluabeast, monster; brute
The English word brute itself goes back to Latin brūtus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
brute adj.
sensus expers, sensu carens, brutus.
Bestial. A brute animal, brutum animal.
Rough, fierce, etc., durus, incultus, ferus, atrox, inhumanus, immanis.
brute s.
brutum animal, bestia, belua. SYN. in ANIMAL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for brute?
- The usual Latin words for “brute” are brūtus, dūrus, incultus; also ferus, atrōx, inhūmānus. 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.