English → Latin
“integument” in Latin
tegumentumcover, covering; clothing; armourintegumentumcovering; lid; a mean of defensecutisliving human skin; rind, surface; the appearance, outside of somethingtunicatunic, an undergarment worn by both men and women; a coating, membrane, peel; a military cloakglūmahusk of grain, the glumefolliculusa small bellows; a small sack; an inflated ball (for sport)
The English word integument itself goes back to Latin tegō, through integumentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
integument
tegumentum: tegmentum (PROP. and figuratively “covering,” palpebrae tegmenta oculorum): integumentum (PROP.; rare, Liv., ; figuratively, Cic.): cutis (skin, as integument of the bones): tunica: gluma (of corn): folliculus (of corn, legumes, grapes).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for integument?
- The usual Latin words for “integument” are tegumentum, integumentum, cutis; also tunica, glūma, folliculus. 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.