English → Latin
“mist” in Latin
nebulafog; cloud; vaporcālīgōfog, mist, vapor; darkness, gloom; fog, darkness (inability to perceive mentally)mōnsmountain, mount; hill; towering mass, heap, great quantity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mist
nebula; caligo (so far as it occasions darkness): a thick mist, nebula densa (opposed to nebula subtilis): the mist rises from a lake, nebula oritur e lacu: a mist rests upon the plain, the hills, nebula sedet campo, montibus: the rivers are covered with mist, caligant flumina nebulis: a thick mist covered the whole forest and the surrounding fields, densa nebula saltum omnem campos circa intexit: the mist is so thick that one cannot Vid: for it, nebula adeo densa est, ut lucis usum eripiat: a mist rises, nebulae de terra surgunt; nebula in nubes levatur: a mist clears off, or settles, nebulae delabuntur or desidunt.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mist?
- The usual Latin words for “mist” are nebula, cālīgō, mōns. 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.