What is the Latin word for stove?

The usual Latin words for “stove” are fornāx, camīnus, foculus; also fornācālis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“stove” in Latin

fornāxa furnace, oven, kiln camīnusfireplace; furnace, forge; Vulcan's forge foculusbrazier; chafing dish fornācālisbelonging to ovens.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

stove

fornax: diminutive, fornacula (furnace: ☞ furnus, an oven; caminus, a kind of stove for heating rooms; foculus, a pan or brazier, for the same purpose). Of a stove, fornacalis.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for stove?: The usual Latin words for “stove” are fornāx, camīnus, foculus; also fornācālis. 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.