Here are Latin words for food to start with: ientaculum (breakfast), coffea (coffee), deliciosus (delicious), caupona (restaurant). Below are 96 words (A1–C1) with their English translations and part of speech, across 12 themed lists.
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| breakfast | ientaculum | noun | A1 |
| coffee | coffea | noun | A1 |
| delicious | deliciosus | adj | A1 |
| restaurant | caupona | noun | A1 |
| waiter | minister | noun | A1 |
| water | aqua | noun | A1 |
| bill | computus | noun | A2 |
| spicy | acer | adj | B1 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| bread | panis | noun | A1 |
| cheese | caseus | noun | A1 |
| dinner | cena | noun | A1 |
| fruit | fructus | noun | A1 |
| lunch | prandium | noun | A1 |
| meal | cibus | noun | A1 |
| vegetable | holus | noun | A1 |
| cooking | coctio | noun | A2 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| diet | victus | noun | A2 |
| feast | convivium | noun | B1 |
| nutrition | nutritio | noun | B1 |
| delicacy | cupedia | noun | B2 |
| flavorful | sapidus | adj | B2 |
| grocery | cibaria | noun | B2 |
| cuisine | coquina | noun | C1 |
| culinary | culinarius | adj | C1 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| butter | butyrum | noun | A1 |
| egg | ovum | noun | A1 |
| potato | solanum tuberosum | noun | A1 |
| rice | oryza | noun | A1 |
| sugar | saccharum | noun | A1 |
| tomato | lycopersicum | noun | A1 |
| flour | farina | noun | A2 |
| salt | sal | noun | A2 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| chili | capsicum | noun | A2 |
| basil | ocimum | noun | B1 |
| coriander | coriandrum | noun | B1 |
| cumin | cuminum | noun | B1 |
| oregano | origanum | noun | B1 |
| rosemary | ros marinus | noun | B1 |
| thyme | thymum | noun | B1 |
| turmeric | curcuma | noun | B1 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| beans | phaseoli virides | noun | A2 |
| carrot | carota | noun | A2 |
| peas | pisum | noun | A2 |
| broccoli | brassica italica | noun | B1 |
| cabbage | brassica | noun | B1 |
| cauliflower | brassica botrytis | noun | B1 |
| lettuce | lactuca | noun | B1 |
| spinach | spinacia | noun | B1 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | malum | noun | A1 |
| banana | musa | noun | A1 |
| grape | uva | noun | A1 |
| lemon | limon | noun | A2 |
| lime | limetta | noun | A2 |
| melon | melo | noun | A2 |
| pear | pirum | noun | A2 |
| strawberry | fragum | noun | B1 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| corn | frumentum Indicum | noun | A1 |
| yogurt | iogurtum | noun | A1 |
| cream | cremor | noun | A2 |
| oat | avena | noun | B1 |
| rye | secale | noun | B1 |
| barley | hordeum | noun | B2 |
| buckwheat | fagopyrum | noun | B2 |
| wheat | triticum | noun | B2 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| beef | bubula | noun | A1 |
| ground beef | bubula concisa | noun | A2 |
| ham | perna | noun | A2 |
| meatball | isicium | noun | A2 |
| sausage | farcimen | noun | A2 |
| steak | frustum carnis | noun | A2 |
| lamb | agnina | noun | B1 |
| pork | suilla | noun | B1 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| juice | sucus | noun | A1 |
| milk | lac | noun | A1 |
| tea | thea | noun | A1 |
| champagne | vinum Campaniense | noun | A2 |
| lemonade | potio ex limonibus | noun | A2 |
| soda | potio gasata | noun | A2 |
| sparkling water | aqua effervescens | noun | A2 |
| smoothie | potio fructuum | noun | B1 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| biscuit | buccellatum | noun | A1 |
| bagel | panis anulatus | noun | A2 |
| baguette | panis oblongus | noun | A2 |
| donut | laganum turgidum | noun | A2 |
| muffin | crustulum poculare | noun | A2 |
| pastry | massa pistoria | noun | A2 |
| waffle | crustulum favosum | noun | A2 |
| sourdough | panis acidus | noun | B1 |
| English | Latin | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| hot sauce | condimentum acre | noun | A2 |
| olive oil | oleum olivarum | noun | A2 |
| soy sauce | condimentum soiae | noun | A2 |
| bolognese | Bononiensis | noun | B1 |
| fish sauce | liquamen | noun | B1 |
| oyster sauce | condimentum ostreorum | noun | B1 |
| sesame oil | oleum sesamae | noun | B1 |
| relish | condimentum | noun | B2 |
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