What is the Latin word for leather?

The usual Latin words for “leather” are corium, alūta, coriārius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“leather” in Latin

coriumanimal skin; hide, fell; leather; leather belt, whip; crust, coat, peel, shell alūtaA soft leather, probably made using alum; A purse or shoe etc made from this leather coriāriusleather, tanning

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

leather

corium (thick leather): aluta (soft, thin leather). To dress leather, coria perficere (Plin.): of or relating to leather, coriarius (Plin.): as hard as leather, *duritie corio similis.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for leather?: The usual Latin words for “leather” are corium, alūta, coriārius. 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.