carnaggio

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French charnage.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /karˈnad.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -addʒo
  • Hyphenation: car‧nàg‧gio

Noun[edit]

carnaggio m (plural carnaggi) (obsolete)

  1. butchered meat; animals which are to be slaughtered
    fare carnaggioto stock up on meat
  2. (by extension) massacre, carnage, slaughter
    Synonyms: carneficina, massacro, strage, uccisione
  3. a compensation for the right of having animals graze on someone else's land

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Further reading[edit]

  • carnaggio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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