English → Latin
“tube” in Latin
tubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrificesfistulapipe, tube, especially a water pipe; hollow reed or cane; shepherd's pipe, pipes of Pancanālisa pipe, spout, channel, conduit; a gutter, ditch; a groove, channel, canal, conduit, ductcanāliculusA small channel, pipe or gutter.; A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.
The English word tube itself goes back to Latin tuba, through tubus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tube
tubus (diminutive, tubulus, Varr.): fistula: canalis: canaliculus. SYN. in CONDUIT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tube?
- The usual Latin words for “tube” are tubus, fistula, canālis; also canāliculus. 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.