carnassier
French, adjective/kaʁ.na.sje/
carnassier is spelled C-A-R-N-A-S-S-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carnassier is a French adjective meaning “carnivorous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se nourrit de chair crue et qui en est fort avide”.
What does carnassier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carnivorous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se nourrit de chair crue et qui en est fort avide. 2. Bestial, grossier, violent, brutal.
noun: 1. Animal qui se repaît de chair.
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 carnassier
- carnassière feminine
- carnassiers masculine plural
- carnassières feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carnassier?
- /kaʁ.na.sje/
- \kaʁ.na.sje\
- [kaʁ.na.sje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carnassier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carnassier in French?
carnassier appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).