carronya

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *carōnia. First attested in the nineteenth century, and on that basis, probably borrowed from Italian carogna.[1][2] Compare English carrion.

Pronunciation

Noun

carronya f (plural carronyes)

  1. carrion, carcasse

Derived terms

References

  1. carronya”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
  2. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “carroña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 898

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