English → Latin
“completion” in Latin
absolūtiōan acquittal, absolving; completion, perfection, consummation; completeness; riddance, deliverance, dischargeperfectiōfinishing, completion; perfectioncōnfectiōmaking, preparing, producing, arranging, composing, completing; that which is made etc.; confectioncōnsummātiōsumming up, summary, conclusion; completion, consummationfīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landsexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escape
The English word completion itself goes back to Latin pleō, through completio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
completion
the state of perfection: absolutio, perfectio; (the words are found in this connexion and order.) absolutio perfectioque.
A completing: confectio: consummatio (consummation, post-Augustan): finis, exitus (end). Vid :, also, the examples under COMPLETE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for completion?
- The usual Latin words for “completion” are absolūtiō, perfectiō, cōnfectiō; also cōnsummātiō, fīnis, exeō. 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.