Masculine

carnal

Meaning

  1. (feminine, masculine) carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
  2. (feminine, masculine) carnal; earthly; worldly (concerned with human matters)
  3. (feminine, masculine) consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)

Opposite of
espiritual
Frequency

31k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaʁˈnaw/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carnal, from Latin carnālis (“of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”). By surface analysis, carne + -al.

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