English → Latin
“clutter” in Latin
turbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowdstrepituswild din, noise, racket, crash; a measured soundtumultusan uproar; bustle, violent commotion, disturbance, tumult; turmoil, panic; a storm, tempest, thunderclap; a sudden outbrtŭmultŭātĭoA bustlingtumultuorto make a disturbance; to cause an uproarsororsister; cousin, daughter of either a father's brother or of a mother's sister; female friendedōto eatclāmōto cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim; to call, to call to; to address as, call by nameclāmitōto yell, cry aloud, bawl, vociferate; to clamour
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clutter
turba (confusion, combined with bustle or noise): strepitus (loud noise): tumultus: tumultuatio (a confused clamor; then, in geniral, the noise caused by a multitude or any single person; the former as state, the latter as act). (The words are found in this connection and order), strepitus et tumultus: to make a clutter, tumultuari: tumultum facere: quid tumultuaris, soror, atque insauis? quid tumultus or turbae fuit (e.g., on the market, apud forum)?
clutter v.
strepitum facere or edere: clamare: clamitare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clutter?
- The usual Latin words for “clutter” are turba, strepitus, tumultus; also tŭmultŭātĭo, tumultuor, soror. 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.