carnal
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English, from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹnəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nəl
Adjective edit
carnal (comparative more carnal, superlative most carnal)
- Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
- Worldly or earthly; temporal.
- Of or relating to the body or flesh.
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relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
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worldly or earthly; temporal
of or relating to the body or flesh
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Further reading edit
- “carnal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “carnal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
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carnal m or f (masculine and feminine plural carnals)
- carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
- consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)
- germà carnal
- blood brother
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Further reading edit
- “carnal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “carnal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “carnal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “carnal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Piedmontese edit
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carnal
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese carnal, from Latin carnālis (“of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”). By surface analysis, carne + -al.
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Adjective edit
carnal m or f (plural carnais)
- carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
- (religion) carnal; earthly; worldly (concerned with human matters)
- Synonym: terreno
- Antonym: espiritual
- consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)
- Synonym: consanguíneo
- irmão carnal ― blood brother.
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Romanian edit
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carnal m or n (feminine singular carnală, masculine plural carnali, feminine and neuter plural carnale)
Declension edit
Declension of carnal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | carnal | carnală | carnali | carnale | ||
definite | carnalul | carnala | carnalii | carnalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | carnal | carnale | carnali | carnale | ||
definite | carnalului | carnalei | carnalilor | carnalelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
carnal m or f (masculine and feminine plural carnales)
- carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
- Synonyms: sexual, libidinoso
- consanguineous, by blood (related through birth)
- Synonym: consanguíneo
- 1962, Julio Cortázar, “Simulacros”, in Historias de cronopios y de famas:
- Por ejemplo, el patíbulo, hasta hoy nadie se ha puesto de acuerdo sobre el origen de la idea, mi hermana la quinta afirma que fue uno de mis primos carnales, que son muy filósofos, pero mi tío el mayor sostiene que se le ocurió a él después de leer una novela de capa y espada.
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Noun edit
carnal m (plural carnales, feminine carnala, feminine plural carnalas)
- (Mexico) Ellipsis of hermano carnal (“brother by blood”).; brother (in opposition to adopted or in-law)
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Further reading edit
- “carnal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014