charnel
French, adjective/ʃaʁ.nɛl/
charnel is spelled C-H-A-R-N-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charnel is a French adjective meaning “carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attaché aux plaisirs des sens”.
What does charnel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Attaché aux plaisirs des sens. 2. Relatif à la chair. 3. Qui est fait 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 charnel
- charnelle feminine
- charnels masculine plural
- charnelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charnel?
- /ʃaʁ.nɛl/
- \ʃaʁ.nɛl\
- [ʃaʁ.nɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charnel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charnel in French?
charnel appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).