different between carnage vs slaughterer

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.n?d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.n?d?/

Noun

carnage (usually uncountable, plural carnages)

1. Death and destruction.

   Synonyms: massacre, bloodbath

2. The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.
3. (figuratively, sports) Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.
4. (figuratively, slang) Any chaotic situation.

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• cranage

French

Etymology

From Middle French carnage, itself probably from a Norman or Picard (Old Northern French) variant of Old French charnage, itself from char (see also chair (“flesh”)), or from a Medieval Latin carnaticum (“slaughter of animals”), from Latin car?, carnem. See also Old Occitan carnatge, Italian carnaggio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?.na?/

Noun

carnage m (plural carnages)

1. carnage (all senses)

Further reading

• “carnage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Probably from a Norman or Picard (Old Northern French) variant of Old French charnage, itself from char (“flesh”), or from a Medieval Latin carnaticum (“slaughter of animals”), from Latin car?, carnem.

Noun

carnage m (plural carnages)

1. a piece of meat used as bait

Descendants

• ? English: carnage
• French: carnage

References

• charnage on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

English

Etymology

slaughter +? -er

Noun

slaughterer (plural slaughterers)

1. Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters.
2. A butcher (as a profession or job).
3. A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.

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