English → Latin
“creak” in Latin
crepōto rattle, rustle, clatter; to crack, creak; to prattle, talk noisilyconcrepōto creak or grate; to sound, blare (as with lituus), rattle; to snap one's fingersstrīdōto utter or make a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, squeak, screech, grate, hiss, whistle, buzzsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry sumto be, exist; there be; to goōstiumdoor; entrance; estuaryplaustrumwagon, cart
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
creak
crepare: concrepare (e.g., doors, fores, ostium, etc.): stridēre or stridere (e.g., of hinges; foribus cardo stridebat aenis, Verg.; also of wagons, plaustra, Verg.): sonare (general term, to produce a sound or noise): the doors creak, fores crepant; ostium concrepat: the hinge creaks, cardo sonat or stridet: the hinge does not creak, non muttit or mutit cardo (Plaut., Curc., 1, 1, 94; but apparently personifying it).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for creak?
- The usual Latin words for “creak” are crepō, concrepō, strīdō; also sonō, sum, ōstium. 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.