charnage

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin carnaticum, from Latin caro (flesh).

Noun[edit]

charnage oblique singularm (oblique plural charnages, nominative singular charnages, nominative plural charnage)

  1. flesh
    1. (by extension, figuratively) mincemeat (destruction; a destroyed person)
  2. meat
  3. a meat-based course of a meal
  4. the part of the year when eating meat is acceptable

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: carnaggio (obsolete)

References[edit]

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (charnage)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (carnage, supplement)