English → Latin
“fissure” in Latin
findōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part; to split, burst; to dividerīmaa cleft, crack, fissure, chink; the vulva, female genitaliahiātusa hiatus, opening (especially of the mouth), gap, aperture, cleft; a longing, desire
The English word fissure itself goes back to Latin findō, through fissūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fissure
fissura: fissum: rima (fissure in a solid body lengthwise, and into the depth of it; chink): hiatus (wide fissure, open and deep). To have a fissure in it, fissura dehiscere: rimam agere (☞ rimam ducere, poetical).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fissure?
- The usual Latin words for “fissure” are findō, rīma, hiātus. 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.