English → Latin
“grating” in Latin
strīdora harsh, shrill, hissing, grating, or creaking soundgrātuspleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome; dear, beloved; grateful, thankfuldēnsa tooth; a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection; tooth of envy, envy, ill will
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
grating s.
Grate, Vid:
Grinding, stridor (e.g., of the teeth, dentium, Cels., 2, 7).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for grating?
- The usual Latin words for “grating” are strīdor, grātus, dēns. 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.