English → Latin
“crumb, crumble” in Latin
friōto crumble, rub, or break into piecescomminuōto break or crumble into small pieces; to pulverize or comminute; to lessenconterōto grind or crush to pieces; to bruise or crumble; to wear down or away, consumecorruōto fall down, totter, collapse; (rare) to overthrow
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crumb, crumble v.
TR., friare: comminuere (to break into small pieces, in general): conterere (to rub to dust). to crumble bread into milk, panem interere in lacte.
v. INTR., friari: se friare: in micas friare: in micas friari.
To crumble into dust, (α) TR., in pulverem resolvere: (β) INTR., in pulverem resolvi. corruere (of houses, etc., falling down).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crumb, crumble?
- The usual Latin words for “crumb, crumble” are friō, comminuō, conterō; also corruō. 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.