English → Latin
“rude” in Latin
rudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudeincultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedagrestisrural; rustic; wild (of or pertaining to land, fields or the countryside); clownish; rude; uncultivated; coarse; savage;feruswild, savage, fierce, cruel; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed, roughimmānsuētusuntamed, wild, savageasperrough, uneven, coarse; unrefined, rude; sharp, newly mintedinurbānusrustic, ungraceful, unmannerly
The English word rude itself goes back to Latin rudis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rude
rudis (inexperienced; e.g., as an artisan): incultus, agrestis (unmaeinerly): ferus, immansuetus (not tame, wild). (The words are found in this connection and order.) ferus agrestisque (clownish): asper (rough, harsh): inurbanus (not polite). Rude manners, mores agrestes or feri.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rude?
- The usual Latin words for “rude” are rudis, incultus, agrestis; also ferus, immānsuētus, asper. 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.