charnier

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.nje/

Noun

charnier m (plural charniers)

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!
(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.

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