English → Latin
“wetness” in Latin
ūmorliquid, fluid, humour; moisturehūmorliquid, fluid, humourūvidusmoist, wet, damp, humid, dank; drunken; vapidpluviusrainy, bringing rain
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wetness
humor; plur., humores (general term): caeli status humidus, uvidus, or pluvius (wet weather).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wetness?
- The usual Latin words for “wetness” are ūmor, hūmor, ūvidus; also pluvius. 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.