charnage
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin carnaticum, from Latin caro (“flesh”).
Noun
charnage oblique singular, m (oblique plural charnages, nominative singular charnages, nominative plural charnage)
- flesh
- (by extension, figuratively) mincemeat (destruction; a destroyed person)
- meat
- a meat-based course of a meal
- the part of the year when eating meat is acceptable
Descendants
- → Italian: carnaggio (obsolete)
References
- 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)