English → Latin
“trim” in Latin
nitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome, beautiful, good-looking; healthy-looking, well conditionedcompōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praiseexōrnōto equip, furnish, supply, provide; to adorn, embellishamputōto prune, cut off, lop off; to curtail, shortentondeōto shave, shear, clip; to crop, prune, trim; to mow, reapcollūcōto thin, clearinterlūcōto thin; to clear foliage so as to let light throughsublūcōto cut away, prune, trim (the branches of tress)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
trim adj.
comtus: nitidus.
trim v.
componere (to adjust): ornare: exornare (to adorn, decorate). To trim one’s hair [Vid :, “To dress the HAIR”]: to trim trees, arbores putare or amputare (to clip, prune; opposed to immittere): tondere (to clip, as hedges, etc.): collucare or interlucare, or sublucare (to thin): intervellere (to cut away boughs or branches).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for trim?
- The usual Latin words for “trim” are nitidus, compōnō, ōrnō; also exōrnō, amputō, tondeō. 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.