English

Noun

charnel ‎(plural charnels)

1. A chapel attached to a mortuary.
2. A repository for dead bodies.

Adjective

charnel ‎(comparative more charnel, superlative most charnel)

1. Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.
   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night

     He murmured to himself with dull despair,

     Here Faith died, poisoned by this charnel air.

References

• OED2

French

Etymology

From Middle French charnel, from Old French charnel, inherited from Latin carnālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.nɛl/

Adjective

charnel m ‎(feminine singular charnelle, masculine plural charnels, feminine plural charnelles)

1. carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)

Middle French

Etymology

Old French charnel.

Adjective

charnel m ‎(feminine singular charnelle, masculine plural charnels, feminine plural charnelles)

1. carnal (relating to flesh)
2. carnal; corporal; bodily
3. carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)

Descendants

• French: charnel

References

• charnel on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (charnel, supplement)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin carnālis.

Adjective

charnel m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular charnel)

1. carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle French: charnel
  • English: charnel
  • French: charnel