English → Latin
“closet” in Latin
conclāveroom, chamber; enclosed space that can be locked; dining hallsēcrētēsecretly, in secret, privatelyzōthēcaa private room, chamber, or closet; a recess, nichecubiculumsmall bedroom; bedchamberet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar eōto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.); to advance, to
The English word closet itself goes back to Latin clausum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
closet
conclave (general term for room): cubiculum minus or secretius.; zotheca [SYN. in CABINET]. To venture into a closet, committere se in conclave, cubiculum, etc. (not “to retire into one’s closet,” for which Mr. Riddle gives it). To go or retire into a closet, in conclave, cubiculum, etc., ire (Cic.), with anybody, cum aliquo.
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Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for closet?
- The usual Latin words for “closet” are conclāve, sēcrētē, zōthēca; also cubiculum, et cētera, eō. 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.