Related Searches
on Ask.com
Carnage - 5 dictionary results
car⋅nage
[kahr-nij] 
–noun
| 1. | the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre. |
| 2. | Archaic. dead bodies, as of those slain in battle. |
Origin:
1590–1600; < MF < It carnaggio < ML carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equiv. to L carn- (s. of carō) flesh + -āticum -age
1590–1600; < MF < It carnaggio < ML carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equiv. to L carn- (s. of carō) flesh + -āticum -age
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : Carnage
| Spanish: | carnicería, matanza, | German: | das Blutbad, | Japanese: | 大虐殺 |
| car·nage
(kär'nĭj) Pronunciation Key
n.
[French, from Old French, from Old Italian carnaggio, from Medieval Latin carnāticum, meat, from Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
carnage
1600, from M.Fr. carnage, from O.It. carnaggio "slaughter, murder," from M.L. carnaticum "flesh," often "meat supplied by tenants in tribute to a feudal lord," from L. carnaticum "slaughter of animals," from caro (acc. carnem) "flesh."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
| carnage | |
noun | |
| the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Carnage
Car"nage\, n. [F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]1. Flesh of slain animals or men. A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. --Macaulay. 2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Share :
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
Get your FREE Subscription to Dictionary.com Word of the Day
The FREE Dictionary.com Toolbar
 |
Dictionary |  |
Thesaurus |  |
Reference |  |
The answers are right on your browser and just a click away with Dictionary.com Toolbar.
