English → Latin
“chink” in Latin
rīmaa cleft, crack, fissure, chink; the vulva, female genitaliafindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part; to split, burst; to dividetinniōto ring, jingle, clink; to pay (with the clinking of coins); to cry, scream in a shrill voice
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chink
rima: fissura (a greater one).
A jingling, circumlocution with tinnire, e.g., tinnienda re (of an instrument, after Varr., R.R., 3, 16, 30), (also with money; Vid: Cic.., Att., 14, 21, extr): tinnitum ciere is poetical.
chink v.
rimas fieri pati; rimas agere: findi.
To jingle, Vid: above.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chink?
- The usual Latin words for “chink” are rīma, findō, tinniō. 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.