English → Latin
“crossing” in Latin
trānseōto traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by; to defect, go over (to an adverse sidtrānsmissiōtransmission, passage (the sending across of something)trānsvectiōa carrying across, transporting, or passing over; a riding past; specifically, the ceremonial parade or review of the Rotrāiectiōa crossing over, passing over, passage; a transposition (of words), hyperbaton; exaggeration, hyperboletrānsgressiōtransposition; transition; transgressiontrānsitiōtransit, transition, passage; desertion; infection, contagiontrānsmittōto transmit, send, carry, or convey across, over or through; to send off, despatch; to let go; to go or pass over or acrAlpēsthe Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe); a particular portion of the Alps
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crossing
Act of crossing over; transitus (general term; also of a crossing over to a party; e.g., ad hostem): transmissio: transvectio: trajectio (over the sea, etc.: trajectio also of the motions of the stars): transgressio (e.g., over the Alps, Alpium, Cic.): transitio (especially of going over to a party, the enemy, etc.) :
Space to be crossed over, transmissus (Caes.).
A crossing (in the street), perhaps *viae or plateae transitus (after fossae transitus, Caes.) or transitus only.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crossing?
- The usual Latin words for “crossing” are trānseō, trānsmissiō, trānsvectiō; also trāiectiō, trānsgressiō, trānsitiō. 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.