English → Latin
“unripe” in Latin
immātūrusimmature, unripe, untimely, prematurecrūdusraw, bloody, bleeding; immature, unripe, premature; unprepared, raw, uncooked
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unripe
immaturus (as well of fruit, etc., as figuratively of men): crudus (still raw; opposed to maturus et coctus; of fruit: ☞ acerbus, of fruit, does not mean “unripe,” but harsh to the taste). Half unripe, subcrudus (☞ semicrudus later only).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unripe?
- The usual Latin words for “unripe” are immātūrus, crūdus. 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.