English → Latin
“concrete” in Latin
concrēscōto thicken, condense, curdle, stiffen, congealcoeōto assemble, meet, come together; to encounter, come up against; to copulate, have sexcoalēscōto unite together; to coalescecoagmentōto join or connect; to fit or fasten togetherconcernōto mix, sift or mingle together (especially as in a sieve); to examine, considermassamass, bulk (of material); load, burden; doughmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material); size; rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knollpermixtĭoA mixing together
The English word concrete itself goes back to Latin concrētus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
concrete v.
concrescere: coire: coalescere (to grow together, to be united): coagmentari (to be joined or cemented together).
concrete adj.
*concretus. a concrete notion, *notio concreta: *notio rei singularis.
concrete s.
massa (general term): moles (great mass with regard as well to size as circumference, with the additional notion of “too great” or huge, ill-shaped): permixtio (mixture, as action and thing).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for concrete?
- The usual Latin words for “concrete” are concrēscō, coeō, coalēscō; also coagmentō, concernō, massa. 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.