English → Latin
“groove” in Latin
canālisa pipe, spout, channel, conduit; a gutter, ditch; a groove, channel, canal, conduit, ductstriaThe flute of a column.; A fold of drapery, pleat.canāliculusA small channel, pipe or gutter.; A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
groove s.
canalis: stria (on pillars). A small groove, canaliculus.
Shaft (of a pit), Vid: GROOVE, v., cavare: striare: grooved, canaliculatus (Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for groove?
- The usual Latin words for “groove” are canālis, stria, canāliculus. 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.