charnier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin carnārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.nje/

Noun

charnier m (plural charniers)

1. mass grave

   Synonym: fosse commune

   • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:

     Vous avez peut-être peur de l’odeur ? Parce que votre ville est née d’un charnier !

     Are you afraid of the smell? Because your city was born of a mass grave!

2. (archaic) larder for salted meat

Related terms

• chair

Further reading

• “charnier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.