charnier
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin carnārium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
charnier m (plural charniers)
- mass grave
- Synonym: fosse commune
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- Vous avez peut-être peur de l’odeur ? Parce que votre ville est née d’un charnier !
- Are you afraid of the smell? Because your city was born of a mass grave!
- (archaic) larder for salted meat
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “charnier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.