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 (zh), 尸体 (zh) (shītǐ) 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. German: Aas (de), Aase (de) Greek: ψοφίμι (el) n. Kurdish: mirar (ku) Latvian: maita (lv) f. 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. Serbian: lešina (sr), truplo (sr) 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) Volapük: nimafun (vo)

dead human — see corpse

frame

Bulgarian: арматура (bg) 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 the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001