English → Latin
“lessen” in Latin
minuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tearimmineōto project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang; to touch on, border upon; to threaten, menace
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lessen
TRANS., minuere; deminuere partem alicui rei, or aliquid de aliqua re; imminuere.
INTRANS., minui, or minuere; imminui. Vid: ABATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lessen?
- The usual Latin words for “lessen” are minuō, immineō. 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.