English → Latin
“jingle” in Latin
tinniōto ring, jingle, clink; to pay (with the clinking of coins); to cry, scream in a shrill voicetintinōfrequentative of tinniō: to make a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling sound (intermittently)Catullusa cognomen; a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetrysonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
jingle v.
(A)(A)
INTRANS., tinnire (the proper word; tintinnare, prae-classical; tintinare, Catullus) [Vid: To RING].
TRANS., tinnitum ciere (†), or by circumlocution. (B)
IMPROP., Jingling (poets), tumidi et corrupti et tinnuli (Quint.; of orators). I am very anxious to see whether Dolabella will let us hear his money jingle, exspecto maxime, ecquid Dolabella tinniat (Cic.).
jingle s.
PROPR., tinnitus (general term): sonitus (general term).
IMPROPR., Of verses, etc., tinnitus (e.g., calamistros Maecenatis aut tinnitus Gallionis, Tac.). A jingle (= a trifle in rhyme), nugae canorae (Hor.): a mere jingle of words, inanis verborum sonitus (Cic., De Or., 1, 12, 51).
Of money: anybody lets us hear the jingle of his money (i. e., pays anybody money due to him), aliquis aliquid tinnit (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for jingle?
- The usual Latin words for “jingle” are tinniō, tintinō, Catullus; also sonō. 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.