carnassière

\kaʁ.na.sjɛʁ\

/\kaʁ.na.sjɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“carnassière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit sac où l’on met le petit gibier qu’on a tué à la chasse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carnassiere · carnassière · French

carnassière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for carnassière
PropertyValue
Headwordcarnassière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.na.sjɛʁ\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « carnassière » en français

carnassièresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carnassière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.na.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for carnassière in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is carnassière, spelled C-A-R-N-A-S-S-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit sac où l’on met le petit gibier qu’on a tué à la chasse.
  2. 2
    Dernière prémolaire supérieure et première molaire inférieure des carnivores.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how carnassière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il profita d'un jour chaud qui devait confiner Valentine chez elle, et, s'étant muni d'une carnassière bien remplie de gibier [..] il partit ainsi équipé en chasseur villageois..
  2. Le lendemain devait avoir lieu, comme je l’ai dit, l’ouverture de la chasse. Pierre et Henri furent prêts avant tout le monde ; c’était leur début ; ils avaient leurs fusils en bandoulière, leur carnassière passée sur l’épaule.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carnassière"?
"carnassière" is spelled C-A-R-N-A-S-S-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.na.sjɛʁ\.
What does "carnassière" mean?
As a noun, "carnassière" means: Petit sac où l’on met le petit gibier qu’on a tué à la chasse.
How do you pronounce "carnassière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carnassière" is \kaʁ.na.sjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carnassière" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list