carrion
Rotting flesh of a dead animal or personRotting flesh of a dead animal or person.
» Vultures eat carrion.
Яструби їдять мертвечину. — deniko
Яструби їдять падаль. — deniko
Яструби харчуються падаллю. — deniko
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7 senses(uncountable, usually)Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.
Vultures feed on carrion.
Aas, Kadaver
па́дальpádalʹ, мертвечи́наmertvečína, дохля́тинаdoxljátina
па́дальpádalʹ, па́длоpádlo, мертве́ччинаmertvéččyna
the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Corrupt or horrid matter.
Verdorbenheit, Sauerei
(figuratively, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Filth, garbage.
(derogatory, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable, usually)The flesh of a living human body; also (Christianity), sinful human nature.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable, usually)A dead body; a carcass, a corpse.
(countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable, usually)An animal which is in poor condition or worthless; also, an animal which is a pest or vermin.
(countable, derogatory, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable, usually)A contemptible or worthless person.
Examples
11 sentencesVultures eat carrion.
Яструби їдять мертвечину. — deniko
A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
Мертвий олень, подзьобаний стерв'ятниками, рештки частково з'їжені іншими тваринами, ось таке м'ясо, що розкладається називається "падаллю". — ChickenKiev
The crow is a carrion eater.
The hyena is a carrion eater.
ruГиена — падальщик. — Wezel
Where there is carrion, vultures gather.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English caroyne (“corpse, carrion, something disgusting”),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.
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Forms
plural: carrionsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable