What is the Latin word for oven?

The usual Latin words for “oven” are furnus, fornāx, artopta; also clībanus, testū̆. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“oven” in Latin

furnusoven; bakery fornāxa furnace, oven, kiln artoptaa pan for baking bread; a baker clībanusearthenware or iron vessel for cooking bread; oven; furnace testū̆Vessel of earthenware

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

oven

furnus (for baking): fornax (for melting): artopta (for making a kind of fine bread, Plaut., Aul., 2, 9, 4; hence, bread baked in such an oven, panis artopticius, Plin., 18, 11, 27): clibanus (a vessel narrow at the top, broad below, with several openings to admit the heat, for baking bread and cakes): testu, testum (an earthen dish, called by Pliny, loc. cit., fictilis patina, which was put over the bread, and then covered with hot coals): mouth of an oven, os furni or fornacis.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for oven?: The usual Latin words for “oven” are furnus, fornāx, artopta; also clībanus, testū̆. 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.