carcasse
French
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps related to Old French charcois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʁ.kas/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -as
Noun
carcasse f (plural carcasses)
- carcass (dead animal)
- carcass; skeleton; bones (of a plan)
- an assembly of pieces of wood, metal or another substance making up the framework of a construction
Derived terms
- décarcasser
- carcasser
- carcassier
Descendants
- → Spanish: carcasa
- → Romanian: carcasă
- → Russian: каркас (karkas)
Further reading
- “carcasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
carcasse f
- plural of carcassa