English → Latin
“shrill” in Latin
canōrusof or pertaining to melody; melodious, harmonious, euphoniousacuōto make pointed, sharpen, whet; to exercise, practice, improve; to spur, stimulate, arouseclārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respectedexīlissmall, thin, slender; lank, meagre, feeble, inadequate; of the sound l, palatalizedgravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hard
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shrill
canorus (clear, loud; opposed to fuscus): ☞ clarisonus is poetical: acutus (high; opposed to gravis): clarus (distinct, loud; opposed to obtusus): exilis (slender, squeaking, as a fault, of the voice; whereas the former words imply rather commendation; opposed to plenus, full, or gravis, deep).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shrill?
- The usual Latin words for “shrill” are canōrus, acuō, clārus; also exīlis, gravis. 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.