carne

See also: carné and càrne

Aromanian

Noun

carne f

1. Alternative form of carni

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin carō, carnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾne/
• Hyphenation: car‧ne

Noun

carne f (plural carnes)

1. meat
2. flesh

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁn/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norman carne, ultimately from Latin carō.

Noun

carne f (plural carnes)

1. (informal) meat (usually of bad quality)
2. nag (old useless horse)

Etymology 2

From Latin cardinem, from cardō.

Noun

carne f (plural carnes)

1. angle, corner (projecting)
2. The tubular part of a pen

Further reading

• “carne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carne, from Latin carō, carnem.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: car‧ne

Noun

carne f (plural carnes)

1. meat

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin carnem, accusative form of carō (“flesh”, “meat”), from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ne/, [ˈkär̺n̺e̞]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: càr‧ne

Noun

carne f (plural carni)

1. meat, flesh

Derived terms

• carnaio
• carnefice
• carnoso

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ne/, [ˈkar.nɛ]

Noun

carne

1. ablative singular of carō

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sarnɛ/, [ˈt͡sarnə]
• Hyphenation: car‧ne

Noun

carne n

1. black

Declension

Declension of carne

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	carne	carnej	carne
Genitive	carnego	carneju	carnych
Dative	carnemu	carnyma	carnym
Accusative	carne	carnej	carne
Instrumental	carnym	carnyma	carnymi
Locative	carnem	carnyma	carnych

Adjective

carne

1. inflection of carny:
   1. nominative and accusative singular neuter
   2. nominative and accusative plural

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin carnem, accusative of carō (“meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.ne/

Noun

carne f (plural carnes)

1. meat
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 159 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria fez deſcobrir hũa poſta de carne que furtaran a uũs romeus na uila de Rocamador.

     How Holy Mary caused to be found a piece of meat which was stolen from some pilgrims in the village of Rocamadour.

Related terms

• carneiro
• carnal

Descendants

• Galician: carne
• Portuguese: carne

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carne, from Latin carnem, accusative of carō (“meat”), from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Compare Spanish carne, Catalan carn, Italian carne, Romanian carne.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɻ.ne/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.nɨ/
• Hyphenation: car‧ne

Noun

carne f (plural carnes)

1. (uncountable) flesh
2. meat

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:carne.

Related terms

• carnificina
• carnear
• carniça
• carneiro
• carnívoro
• carnoso, carnudo
• carnal
• carnadura
• carnudo

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin carnem, accusative of carō, from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarne/
• Hyphenation: car‧ne

Noun

carne f (plural cărnuri)

1. meat (of an animal)
2. flesh (of a human)
3. pulp (of a fruit)

Declension

declension of carne

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) carne	carnea	(niște) cărnuri	cărnurile
genitive/dative	(unei) cărni	cărnii	(unor) cărnuri	cărnurilor
vocative	carne, carneo		cărnurilor

Synonyms

• (meat): hanț
• (pulp): pulpă

Related terms

• cărnos
• cârnat
• cârneleagă

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carnem, singular accusative of carō (“flesh, meat”) or its ablative carne, from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Compare Catalan carn, Italian carne, Portuguese carne, Romanian carne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarne/
• Hyphenation: car‧ne

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

Noun

carne f (plural carnes)

1. flesh, the soft part of a body which covers the bones.
2. an animal’s meat, or by extension the edible “fleshy” or soft part of a fruit or vegetable

Derived terms

Derived terms

• arroz con carne
• carnear
• carne molida

• carnicería
• carnicero
• cárnico

• carnitas
• carnoso
• chili con carne

Related terms

• carúncula
• carnívoro
• carnal
• encarnar

Further reading

• “carne” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• cenar, crean, nacer, renca