English → Latin
“crisp” in Latin
crispuscurly; crimped (of hair); tremulousdīrigōto lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts); to direct to a place, guide, steer; to distribute, succrīspussomewhat curlycrispŭluscurled, having curled hair, crisped, crimpedcrispōto curl, crimp; to make rough or variegated; strew or plant (with); to swing, brandish
The English word crisp itself goes back to Latin crispus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crisp adj.
Curled, crispus (opposed to rectus or directus; i. e., straight, plain; PROP., of hair, also of leaves, etc.): rather crisp, subcrispus; crispulus; also leniter inflexus: to render or make crisp, crispare: concrispare.
Brittle, friable, Vid :: friabilis (that may be reduced to powder or dust by rubbing, Plin.).
crisp v.
crispare: concrispare. Vid: To CURL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crisp?
- The usual Latin words for “crisp” are crispus, dīrigō, succrīspus; also crispŭlus, crispō. 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.