carronya

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *carōnia. First attested in the 19th 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, 2025
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “carroña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 898

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