carcasse
French, noun/kaʁ.kas/
carcasse is spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carcasse is a French feminine noun meaning “carcass (dead animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ossements du corps d’un animal, lorsqu’il n’y a plus guère de chair et qu’ils tiennent encore ensemble”.
What does carcasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarcass (dead animal)
- 2
femininecarcass; skeleton; bones (of a plan)
- 3
femininean assembly of pieces of wood, metal or another substance making up the framework of a construction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ossements du corps d’un animal, lorsqu’il n’y a plus guère de chair et qu’ils tiennent encore ensemble. 2. Corps d’un défunt. 3. La chair et les os d’un animal abattu, dépouillé et vidé, tel qu’il sort de l’abattoir et destiné à la boucherie. 4. Ce qui reste du corps d’une volaille lorsqu’on en a ôté les cuisses et les ailes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carcasse
- carcasses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carcasse?
- /kaʁ.kas/
- \kaʁ.kas\
- [kaʁ.ka.sə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carcasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carcasse in French?
carcasse appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).