English → Latin
“transfer” in Latin
trānspōnōto place over or across; to transfertrānsferōto bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over; to copy, transcribe, transfer; to carry along trānsmittōto transmit, send, carry, or convey across, over or through; to send off, despatch; to let go; to go or pass over or acrtrānslātiōTranslation of text from one language to another; A transfer from a literal to a figurative meaning; a metaphor (comparepecūniamoney; wealth; cash, ready money, liquid wealth
The English word transfer itself goes back to Latin ferō, through trānsferō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
transfer v.
transponere: transferre: transducere: transmittere (PROP. and figuratively: ☞ transportare is classical in its literal signification; but in a figurative sense it occurs only once, in Plin., Paneg.): labore alieno magnam partam gloriam verbis saepe in se transmovet (transfers to himself, Terentianus).
transfer s.
translatio (e.g., pecuniarum, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for transfer?
- The usual Latin words for “transfer” are trānspōnō, trānsferō, trānsmittō; also trānslātiō, pecūnia. 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.