Latin–English dictionary

nobis

We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:

nocens

Responsible for a dishonest act.

noceō

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

nocivum

The characteristic of being harmful.

nocivus

Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

noctua

(literally) An owl (order Strigiformes) that is nocturnal.

nocturna tempora

(uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).

nocuus

Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.

nōdō

(transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.

nōdōsus

Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.

nōdus

A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

Noe

A en given name.

Noemi

(biblical character) The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.

Nōēmus

The 71st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

nola

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

nōmen

Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

nomen nescio

(informal) Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known.

nomen numerale

(grammar) A noun that represents a number

nomen positivum

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

nomen substantivum

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

nōmen ūsitatōris

(computing) A name or string of characters used as a person's identification on an individual computer system.

nominare

(transitive) To designate for a role.

nōminātim

In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.

nomino

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

nōn

Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

nōn comprehendō

(transitive) To fail to understand.

non condītus

Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable. [from 14th c.]

non forsit

No apology is necessary; think nothing of it (said in response to an expression of regret).

nōn licet

Ought to; expressing expectation.

non multus

Not much.

non obstat

No apology is necessary; think nothing of it (said in response to an expression of regret).

non violentia

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

nōna

(obsolete) Alternative form of noon: the sixth hour after dawn; midday (12 pm).

nōnae

(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.

nonaginta

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

nōnāria

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]

nonne

Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.

nonnullus

(stressed) A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.

nonnunquam

On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]

nonum

One of nine equal parts of a whole.

nonus

The ordinal form of the number nine.

nōnus decimus

The ordinal form of the number nineteen.

Norimberga

A major city in Bavaria, Germany.

Norma

(constellation) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

normalis

According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.

normaliter

Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time

Normannus

A member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066.

Norvegia

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.

nos

We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:

noscito

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

nosco

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

nosocomīum

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

noster

(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.

nostri

(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.

nostrum

(colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.

notābilis

Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. [from 14th c.]

notārius

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

notātiō

The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)

notātus

celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious

nothus

Born to unmarried parents.

notificatio

(uncountable) The act of notifying.

notio

Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. [from 14th c.]

nōtitia

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]

notitiam habere

(transitive) To have indexed and have information about within one's database.

notō

(transitive) To mark the skin permanently.

nōtor

A person or company that provides a guarantee.

notus

Well known.

novacula

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

novātor

Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.

novellus

Recently made, or created.

novem

A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.

November

The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

novercae filia

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

novercae filius

The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

novercus

(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.

novissimus

Most recent, latest, last so far.

novitās

The property of being new; novelty; recency.

novitatis

(comparable) Fresh, different.

Novum Comum

A city and comune, the capital of the province of Como, Lombardy.

novus

Recently made, or created.

novus homo

(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.

nox

(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

noxa

Physical injury; hurt; damage.

noxia

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

noxius

Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.

nubere

(transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]

nubes

A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

nubes cirrostrata

(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena. Abbreviated Cs

nūbilōsus

Covered with or characterised by clouds.

nūbilus

Covered with or characterised by clouds.

nūbō

(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]

nucatum

(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in, _, western, _, Europe) almonds or (in, _, eastern, _, Europe) hazelnuts or (in, _, America) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.

nucha

(anatomy) The back part of the neck.

nūcleus

(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

nuda

Naked, uncovered.

nudismus

The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.

nūditas

(uncountable) The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.

nudiustertianus

(rare, obsolete, modern uses probably, _, humorous) Of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent.

nudo

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To uncover; to reveal.

nudor

(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.

nudum

Naked, uncovered.

nudus

Naked, uncovered.

nūga

(originally, US, informal) Nonsense; rubbish. [from 1920s]

nūgae

(uncountable, chiefly, US, slang) Nonsense.

nugae!

An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.

nūgax

Without sense; absurd.

nūlla

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

nulla rēs

(informal) Nothing; absence of anything.

nulli

(racquet sports, billiards) Zero, no score.

nullibi

In no place.

nullus

Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

nullus objectus

(informal) Nothing; absence of anything.

numcubi

At any time.

numerare

(transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

Numerī

The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

numerō

(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.

numerōsus

Indefinitely large numerically; many.

numerus

A number, an amount.

numerus atomicus

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z

numerus multitudinis

(grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.

numerus singulāris

(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

nummaria

(of behaviour etc.) Corrupt, mercenary.

nummarium

(of behaviour etc.) Corrupt, mercenary.

nummārius

Related to finances.

nummus

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

numquam

At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

nunc

At the present time.

nuncupō

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.

nūntia

One who brings messages.

nuntii

Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]

nūntium

A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

nūntius

A person who delivers messages.

nuper

Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.

nūperus

Having happened a short while ago.

nūpta

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

nūptiae

A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

nūptus

The state of being married. [from 14th c.]

nusquam

In no place.

nutans

Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.

nūtō

(ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

nūtrīcātus

(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.

nutricius

That provides nourishment; nutritious.

nūtrimen

The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.

nūtrimentum

The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.

nūtriō

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

nūtus

An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.

nux

(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.

nympha

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.

o

The vocative particle, used for direct address.

ob

On account of; due to, for the purpose of.