carnevale
See also: Carnevale
Italian
Etymology
From Latin carnem levāre (“to take away/remove meat”), calque of Ancient Greek ἀπόκρεως (apókreōs). Compare Old Italian carnasciale (“carnival”) from carnem laxāre, Romanian cârneleagă from carnem ligat, Sicilian carnaluvari and carruali, Spanish carnestolendas (“three days preceding the beginning of Lent”) from carnis tollendus.Other theories suggest it comes from Latin carneālis (“meaty”) or carnuālis (“feast”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kar.neˈva.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: car‧ne‧và‧le
Noun
carnevale m (plural carnevali)
- carnival; festival in the week before Lent
- Synonym: carnasciale
Derived terms
- carnevalata
- carnevalesco
See also
- maschera
Further reading
- carnevale in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- carnevale in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
- calaverne