English → Latin
“plank” in Latin
axisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot.; The North Pole.; The heavens or a region or clime of these.tabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing; board or plank; map, painting, document or other item put onto coaxōto croak (make sound of a frog)contabulōto cover with boardscŏassātioa joining of timber
The English word plank itself goes back to Latin phalanga, through planca.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
plank s.
assis or axis; tabula: to cut a tree into planks, arborem in laminas secare: oak planks, asses roboreae: to lay planks, coassare or coaxare: to floor with planks, assibus consternere, contabulare: a floor of planks, coassatio or coaxatio.
plank v.
contabulare (Caes., Liv.); coassare or coaxare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for plank?
- The usual Latin words for “plank” are axis, tabula, coaxō; also contabulō, cŏassātio. 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.