English → Latin
“communication” in Latin
commūnicātiōsharing, imparting; partaking; fellowship, communionsermōa conversation, discussion; a rumor, diction, speech, talk, discourse; a language, manner of speakingcongressusmeeting, assembly, conference; congress (all meanings); carnal union, copulation, sexcongressiōinterview, meeting, congress; copulation, sexual intercourse; conflictūtorto use, make use of, employ; to enjoy, indulge in, take advantage of; to experience, undergo, encountercōnsuētūdōThe act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation.; A custom, habit, use, usage, convention, societāssociety, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose); a company or shabeōto have, hold; to own, have (possessions); to possess, have (qualities)dīgressiōparting, separating; departing, departure; deviation; digression
The English word communication itself goes back to Latin commūnis, through commūnicātiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
communication
communicatio: verbal communication, communicatio sermonis (Cic., Epistulae ad Atticum, 1, 17, 6): verbal or written communication, consuetudo sive sermonis sive scripti (i. e., the habit of communication etc.): to make a communication to anybody, to make communications to anybody on the most important subjects, maximis de rebus communicare cum aliquo [Vid: to COMMUNICATE]. I must make a communication to you, *habeo, quod tecum communicem necesse est (general term): habeo, quod ad te perscribam necesse est (by writing).
Conversation, conference; sermo (general term conversation with one or several persons): congressus, congressio (social meeting or conversation, etc., opposed to digressus, digressio): usus (frequent communication or intercourse with anybody, in so far as one makes use of him): consuetudo (the habit of frequent intercourse): societas: any connexion or communication in general: conjunctio (conjunction): commercium, [Vid: COMMERCE].
Communication between places and troops in war; e.g., to cut off the communications between two armies, societatem mutui auxilii intersepire or dirimere; to cut offanybody’s communication with the army, aliquem ab exercitu intercludere: to cut a person off from all communication with anybody, alicui omnes aditus ad aliquem intercludere: to cut off the enemy’s communications by sea, hostes marinis commeatibus intercludere: line of communication (i. e., of forts, wall, etc.), brachium: to connect two places by a line of communication, brachium ab uno loco ad alterum dirigere ac munire: to carry a line of communication from the fort to the camp, castellum brachiis cum opere castrorum conjungere.
Passage for communication: transitio: transitus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for communication?
- The usual Latin words for “communication” are commūnicātiō, sermō, congressus; also congressiō, ūtor, cōnsuētūdō. 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.