English → Latin
“irregular” in Latin
ēnōrmisirregular, unusual; enormous, immenseanōmalosdeviating from the general rule, irregular, anomalous, abnormal, exceptionalincompositusdisorderly, disorganized; clumsyinūsitātusunusual, uncommon, extraordinaryīnfrequēnsinfrequent, seldom, rareabnōrmisdeviating or departing from a fixed rule or standard; abnormal, irregular, unorthodoxvīcusrow of houses; street; quarter; neighbourhood; village; hamlet; municipal section or ward; farm
The English word irregular itself goes back to Latin rēgula, through irrēgulāris.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
irregular
enormis (e.g., vicus; irregularly built, Tac., post-Augustan): anomālus (irregular in declension or conjugation): non constans (inconsistent): incompositus (not regularly or decorously arranged): inusitatus (unusual; e. g species alicujus rei): infrequens (rare; e.g., an irregular attendant at church, after Hor., infrequens cultor Dei): abnormis (only Hor., of a wise man; abnormis sapiens: in prose, qui non est ad alicujus normam, after Cic., Amic., 4). Irregular soldiers, troops, milites disciplina militari non assuefacti (not accustomed to discipline, after Caes., B.G., 4, 1): milites tumultuarii: cohortes tumultuariae: exercitus tumultuarius (collected in haste).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for irregular?
- The usual Latin words for “irregular” are ēnōrmis, anōmalos, incompositus; also inūsitātus, īnfrequēns, abnōrmis. 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.