English → Latin
“conducive” in Latin
ūtilisuseful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful; fit, suitable, adapted, propersalūberhealthy, salubrious; salutary, beneficial; wholesomesalūtōto preserve, keep safe; to greet, salute; to pay respectsefficāxefficacious, effectual, powerful, efficientcommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyaccommodōto fit or adapt something to something else, lay, put or hang on, attach; prepare (for a use), provide; to adjust, adaptaptussuitable, adapted; ready; apt, proper
The English word conducive itself goes back to Latin condūcō, through condūcere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conducive
utilis (useful; conducibilis is unknown to good prose): saluber: salutaris (salutary, the latter also with ad aliquid): efficax (efficacious): commodus: accommodatus: aptus (convenient, fit): For “to be conductive” Vid: CONDUCE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conducive?
- The usual Latin words for “conducive” are ūtilis, salūber, salūtō; also efficāx, commodus, accommodō. 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.