carcass

English

Alternative forms

• carcase

Etymology

Dated from the late 13th Century CE; from Anglo-Norman carcois, possibly related to Old French charcois.

Pronunciation

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Noun

carcass (plural carcasses)

1. Body of a dead animal.
2. Body of a dead human.
3. Framework of a structure, especially one not normally seen.
4. (nautical) An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.

Synonyms

• see Wikisaurus:corpse

Translations

dead animal

• Bulgarian: леш (bg) (leš) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屍體 (cmn), 尸体 (cmn) (shītǐ)

• Czech: zdechlina (cs) f, mrtvola (cs) f
• Danish: kadaver (da)
• Dutch: karkas n, kreng n, aas n (when used as bait), kadaver
• Finnish: raato(1), ruho(1), haaska(1), ruumis(2)
• French: carcasse (fr) m, cadavre (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Aas (de), Aase (de)
• Greek: ψοφίμι (el) (psofími) n
• Hungarian: dög (hu), tetem (hu)
• Kurdish: mirar (ku)
• Latvian: maita (lv) f
• Malay: bangkai (ms)

• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: ścierwo (pl) n
• Romanian: cadavru (ro) n, corp mort (ro) n, hoit (ro) n, stârv (ro) n
• Russian: туша (ru) (túša) f, (small animal, bird) тушка (ru) (túška) f, (inedible) падаль (ru) (pádal’) f
• Serbo-Croatian: lešina (sh), truplo (sh)
• Slovene: truplo n (1,2)
• Spanish: cadáver (es)
• Swahili: mzoga (sw), jifu (sw)
• Swedish: as (sv) n, kadaver (sv) n
• Telugu: కళేబరం (kaLaebaraM)
• Turkish: leş (tr)
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: nimafun (vo)

dead human — see corpse

frame

• Bulgarian: арматура (bg) (armatura) f
• Greek: σκελετός (el) (skeletós) m
• Romanian: carcasă (ro) f

• Russian: каркас (ru) (karkás) m, остов (ru) (óstov) m
• Spanish: carcasa f
• Swahili: kirimba (sw)

nautical

• Spanish: carcasa f

References

• “carcass” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).