English → Latin
“card” in Latin
chartapapyrus, paper; a piece of papyrus or paper; a piece of writing, especially a letter, poem, or chartercarmensong, tune; a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song; poem, poetry (strictly any poem or poetry that can be spectencomb; pubic hair; hairMārtiālisof or pertaining to Mars; a priest of Mars; soldiers of the Legiō Mārtiapectōto comb; to card, heckle, comb; to hoe, weedcarminōto card, produce by carding
The English word card itself goes back to Latin carō, through *carito.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
card s.
a sort of paper, charta: visiting card, charta salutatrix (Martialis, 9, 100, 2): tessera salutatrix: playing cards, *paginae: to play at cards, *paginis ludere: a house of cards, casa paginis aedilicata (after Hor., Sat., 2, 3, 247): the playing at cards, *lusus paginarum: a card-player, *qui paginis ludit: to be a great card-player, *ludere studiose paginis.
A wool-comb, carmen: pecten.
card v.
pectere; carminare (Varr., Plin.): carding, carininatio (Plin., 11, 23, 27).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for card?
- The usual Latin words for “card” are charta, carmen, pecten; also Mārtiālis, pectō, carminō. 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.