carnival

/ˈkɑːnəvəl/KAHR-nuh-vuhl

/ˈkɑɹnəvəl/KAHR-nuh-vuhl

Meaningfarewell to meat

Common meaning: a public festival with parades

carnflesh, meatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 294 · scan
ivaladjective or noun ending (from Latin -ivalis)

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin carō ‘flesh, meat’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry carō, p. 294 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CARNIVAL, p. XXXIII · dictionary scan

Roots

carō, carnis Latin “flesh, meat”

Related words

carnage carnal carnivore incarnate

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