charnier
French, noun/ʃaʁ.nje/
charnier is a French masculine noun meaning “mass grave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cimetière, lieu où l’on déposait les ossements des morts, fosse commune, ossuaire”.
What does charnier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemass grave
- 2
archaicmasculinelarder for salted meat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cimetière, lieu où l’on déposait les ossements des morts, fosse commune, ossuaire. 2. Endroit où gisent de nombreux cadavres. 3. Garde-manger pour les viandes salées. 4. Galerie autour d’une église.
noun: 1. Échalas.
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 charnier
- charniers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charnier?
- /ʃaʁ.nje/
- \ʃaʁ.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is charnier in French?
charnier 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).