English → Latin
“fuel” in Latin
lignumfirewood; wood tissue; treecrĕmĭadry fire-wood, brushwoodigniāriusof or belonging to firemāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance; timber; source, origin
The English word fuel itself goes back to Latin focus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fuel
lignum: ligna, ortim (logs; opposed to materia or materies; i. e., timber; but arida materies may be used for fire-wood): cremia, orum (small wood, or twigs for burning, Col., 12, 19, 3; Plin., 12, 19, 42): igniaria, orum (wood for kindling or making a fire): ignis alimentum (for keeping up the fire): res, quibus ignis excitari potest (Caes., B.G., 7, 24, 4, of whatever will get up a fire). To send out to cut wood for fire [Vid: To CUT]. To add fuel to the flames (IMPROP.), oleum addere camino (Prov., Hor., Sat., 2, 3, 321); incendium excitare or *incendium jam factum non restinguere sed excitare; flagranti jam alicui rei velut faces addere (e.g., militum animis, Tac., Hist., 1, 24).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fuel?
- The usual Latin words for “fuel” are lignum, crĕmĭa, igniārius; also māteria. 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.