English → Latin
“channel” in Latin
canālisa pipe, spout, channel, conduit; a gutter, ditch; a groove, channel, canal, conduit, ductrīvusa small stream (of water); brook, stream, rivulet; an artificial watercourse; channel, conduit, canal; a gutterspecuscave, grotto; ditch, canal, drain; pitfossaa ditch, trench, moat, fosse; a gutter, waterway; a furrow drawn to mark foundationsfretumstrait, sound, estuary, channel.; the seas.; turmoilviaroad, street, path; highway; way, method, manner, moderatiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, reckocanāliculusA small channel, pipe or gutter.; A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.canāliculaA small channel, pipe or gutter.; A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.
The English word channel itself goes back to Latin canālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
channel
canalis (general term): rivus (course in which a stream of water runs): specus (subterraneous channel, Caes., B.C, 3, 49): fossa (to join two streams or lakes). Small channel, canaliculus or canalicula.
Narrow sea, fretum. The Channel (i. e., between England and France), *fretum Britannicum.
A way leading to an end, via: ratio: also quod eo, quo intendas, fert deducitque.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for channel?
- The usual Latin words for “channel” are canālis, rīvus, specus; also fossa, fretum, via. 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.