English → Latin
“coal” in Latin
carbōcharcoal, coalprūnumplum (fruit)vīvusalive, living; native, genuine, in the natural state; bright, lit, burning, kindledēmoriorto die; to die off; to die outpiceuspitch; pitch-black
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
coal
carbo (general term): *carbo bituminosus (our mineral coal): live coal, pruna; carbo candens or vivus: dead coal, carbo exstinctus, emortuus: to swallow red-hot coals, vivum ignem devorare: the smoke of coals, vapor carbonum: as black as coals, tam ater quam carbo est: piceus (as pitch): qui multo atrior est, quam aegyptius (of persons). PROV., to carry coals to Newcastle, in silvam ligna ferre (Hor., Sat., 1, 10, 34).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for coal?
- The usual Latin words for “coal” are carbō, prūnum, vīvus; also ēmorior, piceus. 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.