English → Latin
“bubble” in Latin
bullaa bubble; a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bullainānisempty, void, hollow; vain; purposeless, meaningless, worthless, useless, fruitless, empty, idlecomminīscorto devise, contrive, inventsomniumdream, vision; fantasy, daydreambullŭlaA watery vesiclebullōto bubble, boil, effervescebulliōto bubble; to boileffervēscōto boil up or over; to seethe; to foam or effervescesusurrōto hum, buzz, murmur, mutter, whispermicōto vibrate, quiver; to twinkle, glitter, flash, gleam, beam, shine, to be bright; to tremble
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bubble s.
bulla: a little one, bullula.
FIG., res vana or inanis, res levissima, commentum, res ficta et commenticia, somnium.
bubble v.
bullare, bullire.
Boil up, effervescere.
Of brooks, etc., leniter sonare, susurrare; micare, salire.
Of a fountain, scaturire, emicare. A bubbling, bullitus; aestua: of a fountain, scatebra. A bubbling fountain, scaturigo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bubble?
- The usual Latin words for “bubble” are bulla, inānis, comminīscor; also somnium, bullŭla, bullō. 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.