English → Latin
“chestnut” in Latin
castaneaa chestnut tree; a chestnut (nut)badiusreddish brown, chestnut colored, bayspādīxspadix; inflorescence (especially of a palm tree); a type of lyrecastanētuma grove or plantation of chestnut trees
The English word chestnut itself goes back to Latin castanea.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chestnut
castanea (the tree): (nux) castanea (the fruit). Horse-chestnut, *aesculus hippocastanum. Chestnut (of color), badius, spadix. A chestnut-grove, castanetum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chestnut?
- The usual Latin words for “chestnut” are castanea, badius, spādīx; also castanētum. 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.