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)

1. butchered meat; animals which are to be slaughtered

   fare carnaggio ― to stock up on meat

2. (by extension) massacre, carnage, slaughter

   Synonyms: carneficina, massacro, strage, uccisione

3. 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