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Added 9 October 2026

carnage

/ˈkɑː.nɪdʒ/ noun

In Latin: strāgēs Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about carnage at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The savage and excessive killing of many people.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French carnage, from a Norman or Picard variant Old Northern French) of Old French charnage, from char (“flesh”), or from Vulgar Latin *carnaticum (“slaughter of animals”), itself from Latin carnem, accusative of caro (“flesh”). By surface analysis, Latin carn- + -age.

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