English → Latin
“creaking” in Latin
crepitusa rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering; flatulencestrepituswild din, noise, racket, crash; a measured soundstrīdora harsh, shrill, hissing, grating, or creaking soundsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry iānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city); an entrance, entry, accesspennawing (of natural or supernatural creatures); feather, especially a flight-feather; pinion; quill penstrīduluscreaking, rattling, whizzing, buzzing, stridulous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
creaking s.
crepitus (of hinges; also of the feet, Cic., Top., 12): strepitus (e.g., of doors, wheels, etc.): stridor (januae, Ov., ; pennarum, Plin.): sonitus (general term).
creaking adj.
stridulus (e.g., of wagons, Ov., Trist., 3, 12, 33).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for creaking?
- The usual Latin words for “creaking” are crepitus, strepitus, strīdor; also sonō, iānua, penna. 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.