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)

  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
  • → 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)
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