English → Latin
“talkative” in Latin
garrulustalkative, garrulousloquāxtalkative, chatty, loquaciousaffābilisthat can be easily spoken to or accessed; affable, courteous, kind, friendlylinguathe tongue; a tongue, utterance, language, speech
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
talkative
garrulus: loquax [SYN. in GARRULOUS]: affabilis (who likes to enter into a conversation, conversable, condescending): lingua or sermone promptus (ready to talk).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for talkative?
- The usual Latin words for “talkative” are garrulus, loquāx, affābilis; also lingua. 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.