carn
flesh, meat
Latin · caro, carnis
Carn words come from the Latin word for flesh or meat. A carnivore eats meat, carnage is slaughter, and incarnate means given a body of flesh.
Memory trick
Carnivore sounds like carnival of meat: a creature that devours flesh.
Words from this root
- carnage (carn + age) — bloody slaughterभीषण नरसंहार
- carnal (carn + al) — of the body or fleshशारीरिक, दैहिक
- carnality (carnal + ity) — bodily natureदैहिकता
- carnally (carnal + ly) — in a bodily wayशारीरिक ढंग से
- carnation (carn + ation) — a flower; flesh colourकार्नेशन फूल; मांस जैसा रंग
- carnify (carn + ify) — to turn into flesh-like matterमांस जैसा बनाना
- carnivore (carni + vore) — an animal that eats meatमांसाहारी जानवर
- carnivorous (carni + vorous) — meat-eatingमांसाहारी
- carnivorously (carnivorous + ly) — in a meat-eating wayमांसाहारी ढंग से
- carnivorousness (carnivorous + ness) — the habit of eating meatमांस खाने की आदत
- noncarnivorous (non + carnivorous) — not meat-eatingशाकाहारी, मांसाहारी नहीं
- incarnate (in + carn + ate) — given human formसाकार, मूर्त रूप
- reincarnate (re + in + carn + ate) — to be born again in fleshफिर से जन्म लेना
- incarnadine (in + carn + adine) — to colour flesh-redमांस जैसा लाल रंगना