English → Latin
“funnel” in Latin
īnfundibulumfunnel (for pouring liquids); hopper (in mill)cornū̆horn; antler; tusk; the horns of the moon
The English word funnel itself goes back to Latin fundō, through fundibulum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
funnel
infundibulum (for infusion; also in Latin, from its shape, the reservoir through which the corn is shot in a mill = the hopper). To pour into anything through a funnel, per infundibulum immittere: a small funnel, cornu (of horn, especially for medicines: diminutive, corniculum): in the form of a funnel, funnel-shaped, *in infundibuli formam redactus.
Funnel of a chimney, cuniculus fornacis (Plin., 9, 38, 62).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for funnel?
- The usual Latin words for “funnel” are īnfundibulum, cornū̆. 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.