carrion

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹ.ɪ.ən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈkɛɹ.i.ən/
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• US, dialectal, obsolete: /ˈkæɹ.ən/
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• Australian: /ˈkæɹ.ɪ.ən/
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• CMU ARPABET: K EH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The noun is derived from Middle English caroyne (“corpse, carrion, something disgusting”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman careine, caroigne, charogne, and Old French charoigne, Northern Old French caˈronië, caroine, caroigne (modern French charogne), probably from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, from Latin caro (“flesh”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”)) + -ia (suffix forming nouns). Doublet of crone. The regular modern English form would be *carren, *carron /ˈkæɹən/ (this is found dialectally; see similar kyarn); the intervening /i/ is either a hypercorrection based on the analogy of words like merlin/merlion or, more likely, represents metathesis of the last element of the diphthong in caroyne. The adjective is derived from the noun.

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разлагащ се (razlagašt se) — pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh
• Bulgarian: гниещ (gniešt) — pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh
• Finnish: raato- — pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh
• German: Aas- — pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh
• Bulgarian: мършав (mǎršav) — emaciated, skeletonlike
• Bulgarian: измършавял (izmǎršavjal) — emaciated, skeletonlike
• Bulgarian: дръглив (drǎgliv) — emaciated, skeletonlike
• Bulgarian: костелив (kosteliv) — emaciated, skeletonlike
• Abkhaz: аԥсхаԥсжьы́ (apsxapsžə́) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Abkhaz: ажьа́баа (ažábaa) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Abkhaz: аԥсхаԥсы́ (apsxapsə́) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Afrikaans: karkas — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Albanian: kërmë — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Albanian: shtrek — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Amharic: ጥንብ (ṭənb) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Arabic: جِيفة (jīfa) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Arabic: فَطِيسَة (faṭīsa) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Armenian: լեշ (leš) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Armenian: գեշ (geš) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Asturian: carnáu — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Asturian: carnazu — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Asturian: carnada — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Azerbaijani: cəmdək — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Azerbaijani: leş — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Bashkir: емтек (yemtek) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Bashkir: үләкһә (üləkhə) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Basque: haratustel — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Belarusian: мярцвя́чына (mjarcvjáčyna) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Belarusian: па́дла (pádla) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Bulgarian: мъ́рша (mǎ́rša) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Bulgarian: леш (leš) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Catalan: carronya — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Catalan: rossa — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Chinese Mandarin: 腐肉 (fǔròu) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Cornish: karyn — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Czech: mršina — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Czech: zdechlina — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Danish: ådsel — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Danish: kadaver — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Dutch: kadaver — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Dutch: aas — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Dutch: kreng — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Dutch: karkas — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Faroese: ræ — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Finnish: haaska — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Finnish: raato — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• French: charogne — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Galician: calaza — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Galician: carriza — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Galician: carniza — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Georgian: ლეში (leši) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• German: Aas — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• German: Kadaver — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Greek: θνησιμαίο (thnisimaío) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Greek: κουφάρι (koufári) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Greek: ψοφίμι (psofími) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Ancient Greek: κενέβρεια (kenébreia) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Hausa: mushe — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Hebrew: נְבֵלָה (nevelá) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Hebrew: פֶּגֶר (péger) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Hungarian: döghús — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Hungarian: dög — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Hungarian: tetem — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Hungarian: hulla — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Irish: ablach — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Irish: splíonach — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Italian: carogna — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Japanese: 骸 (mukuro) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Japanese: 死肉 (shiniku) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Japanese: 腐肉 (funiku) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Northern Kurdish: mirar — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Latin: cadāver — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Latin: morticīnus — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Latvian: maita — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Māori: pera — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Eastern Mari: виля (viĺa) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Middle English: caroyne — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Mongolian: улай (ulaj) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Norwegian: åtsel — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Norwegian: kadaver — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Occitan: carònha — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Old English: ǣs — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Polish: padlina — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Portuguese: carniça — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Romanian: mortăciune — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Romanian: stârv — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Russian: па́даль (pádalʹ) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Russian: мертвечи́на (mertvečína) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Russian: дохля́тина (doxljátina) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Russian: мертвя́тина (mertvjátina) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Slovak: zdochlina — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Slovene: mrhovina — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Spanish: carroña — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Swedish: as — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Swedish: kadaver — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Tarifit: amurḍus — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Thai: เนื้อเน่า (nʉ́ʉa-nào) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Thai: เนื้อตาย (nʉ́ʉa-dtaai) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Thai: ซากสัตว์ (sâak-sàt) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Turkish: leş — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Ottoman Turkish: لاش (leş) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Ottoman Turkish: مردار (murdar) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Ukrainian: па́даль (pádalʹ) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Ukrainian: па́дло (pádlo) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Ukrainian: мертве́ччина (mertvéččyna) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Ukrainian: мертвечи́на (mertvečýna) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Ukrainian: дохля́тина (doxljátyna) — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Volapük: nimafun — rotting flesh of a dead animal or person
• Bulgarian: леш (leš) — corrupt or horrid matter
• Finnish: mätä — corrupt or horrid matter
• German: Verdorbenheit — corrupt or horrid matter
• German: Sauerei — corrupt or horrid matter