English → Latin
“profitable” in Latin
quaestuōsusgainful, profitable, advantageous, lucrative, productivelucrōsuslucrative, advantageousūtilisuseful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful; fit, suitable, adapted, propercommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyfrūctuōsusfruitful, productive; profitable, advantageous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
profitable
quaestuosus: lucrosus: utilis: commodus: fructuosus. [SYN. in ADVANTAGEOUS.] To be profitable, fructum edere ex se; uberrimus est reditus vinearum (the vineyards are profitable).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for profitable?
- The usual Latin words for “profitable” are quaestuōsus, lucrōsus, ūtilis; also commodus, frūctuōsus. 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.