charnel

Meaning

Noun

1. A chapel attached to a mortuary.
2. A repository for dead bodies.

Adj

Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.

Synonyms

charnel house

ghastly

morgue

mortuary

sepulchral

dead room

Translations

ossario

totenähnlich

νεκροφυλακείο

odieux

répugnant

charnier

de mort

carnaio

cadavérico

macabro

sepulcro

ossera

ölüm gibi

Pronounced as (IPA)

[tʃɑːɹnəl]

Etymology

From Middle English charnel, from Old French charnel, carnel, from Late Latin carnāle (“graveyard”), from Latin carnālis, or possibly an alteration of Anglo-Norman charner, from Medieval Latin carnārium (“charnel”). Displaced Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs.