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carie.

decay (uncountable), cavity (countable) (process or result of bone or teeth being gradually decomposed)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ka.ʁi/
  1. decay (uncountable), cavity (countable) (process or result of bone or teeth being gradually decomposed)

    feminine
  2. rot (process of a plant becoming rotten)

    feminine
  3. rust (disease of cereals in which the grain is replaced by the spores of a reddish-brown fungus in genus Uredo)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin caries.

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