English → Latin
“kitchen” in Latin
culīnakitchen; foodculīnāriuskitchen; culinaryvāsvessel, container, dish; vase; utensil, instrumentassoleōto be accustomed; to be customary, to be usual
The English word kitchen itself goes back to Latin coquō, through cocīna.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
kitchen
culina. Kitchen-boy, culinarius or puer culinarius: kitchen-utensils, instrumentum coquinatorium (Ulp., Dig., 33, 2, 19, §12); vasa coquinaria: vasa, quibus ad cibum comparandum uti solemus or assolemus: vasa, quae ad cibaria coquenda et conficienda pertinent (vessels used in cooking): kitchen-cupboard, armamentarium culinae: kitchen-garden, hortus olitorius: kitchen-maid, *culinaria (sc. ancilla): kitchen-dresser, *mensa culinaria.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for kitchen?
- The usual Latin words for “kitchen” are culīna, culīnārius, vās; also assoleō. 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.