English → Latin
“cohesion” in Latin
cohaereōto cling, cleave or stick (closely) together; to be united, cohere, adhere; to be composed of, consist of or in; to be nconiūnctiōconjunction; combination; association, affinity, relationshipcolligātiōconnection (binding or joining together); ligature, band, fasteningcōpulātiōcoupling, joining, connecting, unitingconglūtinātiōgluing together; a union, combinationcoagmentātiōcombination, connection, union
The English word cohesion itself goes back to Latin haereō, through cohaesiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cohesion
cohaerentia: conjunctio: colligatio (as act and state): copulatio; conglutinatio (as act): coagmentatio. Vid: SYN. in To JOIN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cohesion?
- The usual Latin words for “cohesion” are cohaereō, coniūnctiō, colligātiō; also cōpulātiō, conglūtinātiō, coagmentātiō. 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.