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carnificina.

massacre, carnage, butchery

11 characters5 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/Brazil[kaɦ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ]Brazil/kaɾ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/São-Paulo/kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. massacre, carnage, butchery

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker(H)- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *(s)kér(H)ō Proto-Italic *karō Latin carō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-faks Latin -fex Latin carnifex Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusnom. Latin -īna Latin carnificīnalbor. Portuguese carnificina Learned borrowing from Latin carnificīna.

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