English → Latin
“interchange” in Latin
permūtōto change or alter throughout or completely, transform; to interchange or exchange something for another, swap; exchangecommūtōto change or alter entirely; modify, correct, reform, transform; to decay, spoil, rot; to exchange something with anothecommūtātiōchange, alteration, reversal; upheaval; exchangepermūtātiōchange, alteration; exchange, bartervicissitūdōchange, interchange, alternation, vicissitudeoffexhinderer
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
interchange v.
permutare (e.g., nomina inter vos permutastis, Plaut., Capt., 3, 5, 19): commutare (e.g., inter se commutant vestem et nomina; commutare non tria verba inter vos: both, anything with anybody, aliquid cum aliquo; one thing with another, aliquid cum aliqua re; also, permutastis rem re, and [Ulp.] rem pro re). to interchange their prisoners, commurare captivos. Vid: EXCHANGE.
interchange s.
commutatio: permutatio (especially barter): vicissitudo (the giving and receiving in turn). An interchange of kind offices, vicissitudo studiorum officiorumque (Cic., Lael., 14, 49). The regular interchange of night and day, vicissitudines dierum noctiumque. An interchange of one slate with another, ex alio in aliud vicissitudo et mutatio (e.g., of life with death).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for interchange?
- The usual Latin words for “interchange” are permūtō, commūtō, commūtātiō; also permūtātiō, vicissitūdō, offex. 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.