carnage C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈkɑrnɪdʒ/ UK /ˈkɑːnɪdʒ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the slaughter of a great number of people The battlefield was a scene of unimaginable carnage. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the slaughter of a great... slaughtermassacrebloodshedbutcherymayhemhavoc Word family Related forms carnalcarnalitycarnivoreincarnate Etymology AI details From French carnage, from Italian carnaggio ('slaughter'), from Medieval Latin carnāticum, from Latin carō ('flesh, meat'). carnāticum Latin carō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # carnage **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑrnɪdʒ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɑːnɪdʒ/ ## Meanings 1. the slaughter of a great number of people ## Examples - The battlefield was a scene of unimaginable carnage. ## Synonyms - slaughter - massacre - bloodshed - butchery - mayhem - havoc ## Related Forms - carnal - carnality - carnivore - incarnate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: carnāticum - Root: carō ## Etymology From French carnage, from Italian carnaggio ('slaughter'), from Medieval Latin carnāticum, from Latin carō ('flesh, meat'). ## AI Etymology Carnage comes from French carnage, from Italian carnaggio ('slaughter'), from Medieval Latin carnāticum, from Latin carō ('flesh, meat'). The historical trail runs through carnāticum in Latin and carō in Latin. Used as a noun, carnage now means "the slaughter of a great number of people", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as carnal, carnality, carnivore, and incarnate. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - People & Society markdown