carnaggio
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French charnage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /karˈnad.d͡ʒo/
- Rhymes: -addʒo
- Hyphenation: car‧nàg‧gio
Noun
carnaggio m (plural carnaggi) (obsolete)
- butchered meat; animals which are to be slaughtered
- fare carnaggio ― to stock up on meat
- (by extension) massacre, carnage, slaughter
- Synonyms: carneficina, massacro, strage, uccisione
- a compensation for the right of having animals graze on someone else's land
Related terms
- carne
Further reading
- carnaggio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- ancoraggi, garganico