English → Latin
“ridicule” in Latin
rīdeōto laugh; to laugh at, ridicule, mocklūdibriummockery, derision; wantonness; laughing stockconcitōto rush; to rouse up, agitate, move violently, stir up, excite, disturb; to spur, impel, inciterīsuslaughter, laughing; mockery, jest; practical joke, sportrīdiculuslaughable, funny, amusing, humorous; laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculouslūdōto play (a game or sport); to frolic, behave playfully; to practice, amuse oneself withlūdificōto mock, make fun of, make sport of; to make a fool ofillūdōto mock, ridicule, jeer, scoff; to waste away, destroy something in sport; to violate, abuse, ruin
The English word ridicule itself goes back to Latin rīdeō, through rīdiculus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ridicule s.
risus (laughter): ludibrium (mockery, sport): to excite ridicule, risum movere, concitare: to expose to ridicule, risui, ludibrio, aliquem exponere: a subject of ridicule, ridiculus (-um).
ridicule v.
ludere: ludibrio habere: ludificare (to make an object of sport or ridicule): illudere (to jest upon, amuse one’s self with).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ridicule?
- The usual Latin words for “ridicule” are rīdeō, lūdibrium, concitō; also rīsus, rīdiculus, lūdō. 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.