English → Latin
“singe” in Latin
adūrōto kindle, set fire to; to singe, scorch, burnambūrōto burn superficially, scorch, to burn wholly, singe, char; to frostbitesūspig, swine, hog, boar, or sowglabrōto denude of hair or bristles
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
singe
adurere: amburere (all round). To singe the beard with a hot coal, barbam adurere candente carbone: to singe a pig, suem, ex tenuibus lignis flammula facta, glabrare (Col., 12, 45, 4).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for singe?
- The usual Latin words for “singe” are adūrō, ambūrō, sūs; also glabrō. 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.