English → Latin
“clank” in Latin
crepōto rattle, rustle, clatter; to crack, creak; to prattle, talk noisilysonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry strepituswild din, noise, racket, crash; a measured soundcrepitusa rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering; flatulencesonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character, style; voice, tonguearmaarms, weapons of war, weaponry, instruments (implements of warfare); military action, war (arms as instruments of policy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clank
crepare: crepitum dare: sonare (general term for producing a noise) with arms, concrepare armis (of several persons).
clank s.
strepitus: crepitus (of goblets, etc): sonus or sonitus (e.g., armis, etc).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clank?
- The usual Latin words for “clank” are crepō, sonō, strepitus; also crepitus, sonus, arma. 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.