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)

1. 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