English → Latin
“cooking” in Latin
coctūracooking, heating, roastingvāsvessel, container, dish; vase; utensil, instrumentassoleōto be accustomed; to be customary, to be usual
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cooking
coctura (the manner of cooking): also circumlocution; e.g., to make use of fire for cooking, uti igne ad mitigandum or ad molliendum cibum: meat for cooking, *caro coquenda: a vessel for cooking, vas coquinarium; plur., vasa coquinaria; vasa, quibus ad cibum comparandum uti assolent or assolemus; vasa, quae ad cibaria coquenda et conficienda pertinent: the art of cooking, *ars coquinaria; *ars culinaria: wine used for cooking, vinum cibarium: wood used for cooking, ligna cocta, coctilia, acapna (dried wood which burnt without smoke): ligna, quibus ad coquenda cibaria uti assolent (after Col., 12, 3, 2): COOK-MAID, Vid: COOK.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cooking?
- The usual Latin words for “cooking” are coctūra, vās, assoleō. 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.