English → Latin
“working” in Latin
tractātiōhandling, management, treatment; conduct, behaviourtractōto tug, drag or haul; to handle, manage, or treat; to exercise, practise, transact or performfābricātiōstructure (something made or formed); making (act of)fabricaA smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop.; An art, trade, pursuit, industry, craft, architecture.; A skillful produccultiōThe preparation of ground, cultivation, tillage, agriculture.; Veneration, reverence.colōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden; to inhabit; to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
working
tractatio: tractatus (the handling a thing): fabricatio: fabrica (artificial working, fabricating, e.g., aeris et ferri): cultio: cultus (the cultivation of land; cultus also of the mind). To consider a thing worth working, dignum statuo aliquid, in aliquo elaborem. A working bee, apis mellificans (☞ mellifera only in poetry); apis quae mellificio studet: a working-day, dies negotiosus (considered as occupied in labor); dies profestus (not kept as a holiday).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for working?
- The usual Latin words for “working” are tractātiō, tractō, fābricātiō; also fabrica, cultiō, colō. 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.