charnel

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): [tʃɑːɹnəl] (UK) IPA(key): [tʃɑːnəl] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English charnel, from Old French charnel, carnel, from Late Latin carnāle (“graveyard”), from Latin carnālis, or possibly an alteration of Anglo-Norman charner, from Medieval Latin carnārium (“charnel”). Displaced Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs. ==== Noun ==== charnel (plural charnels) A chapel attached to a mortuary. A repository for dead bodies. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== charnel (comparative more charnel, superlative most charnel) Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “charnel”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Etymology 2 === From Old French charnel, from Latin cardinālis (“relating to a hinge”); related to French charnière. ==== Noun ==== charnel (plural charnels) (historical) Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate. ===== Usage notes ===== In the 1800s, some antiquarians initially identified the charnel or charnell as the crest or pinnacle of a helm; the 1933 OED defines it as the hinge by which the visor and bevor move. (Compare manifer and tapul, where the identification has also evolved.) ==== See also ==== flaon ==== References ==== === Anagrams === larchen == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French charnel, from Old French charnel, inherited from Latin carnālis. Also analysable as a derivative of Old French charn (→ Modern French chair) + -el. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.nɛl/ === Adjective === charnel (feminine charnelle, masculine plural charnels, feminine plural charnelles) carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites) ==== Derived terms ==== charnellement === Further reading === “charnel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === Old French charnel from Latin carnalis. === Adjective === charnel m (feminine singular charnelle, masculine plural charnels, feminine plural charnelles) carnal (relating to flesh) carnal; corporal; bodily carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites) ==== Descendants ==== French: charnel === References === charnel on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “charnel”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin carnālis. === Adjective === charnel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular charnel) carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: charnel French: charnel →? Middle English: charnel (unlikely) English: charnel == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaɾˈnel/ [t͡ʃaɾˈnel] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: char‧nel === Noun === charnel m (plural charneles) (Nicaragua) fragment from a bullet