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English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• 
  (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹnəl/
  


• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nəl
  

Adjective

carnal (comparative more carnal, superlative most carnal)

1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.


2. Worldly or earthly; temporal.


3. Of or relating to the body or flesh.

Derived terms

• carnally


• carnal knowledge

Related terms

• incarnate


• incarnation


• reincarnate


• reincarnation

Translations

Further reading

• 
  carnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913


• 
  carnal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin carnālis.

Pronunciation

• 
  (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kəɾˈnal/
  


• 
  (Central) IPA^(key): /kərˈnal/
  


• 
  (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈnal/
  

Adjective

carnal (masculine and feminine plural carnals)

1. 
   carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
   


2. 
   consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)
   

   
   germà carnal

   blood brother

Related terms

• carn


• carnalitat

Further reading

• 
  “carnal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.


• 
  “carnal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.


• 
  “carnal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.


• 
  “carnal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese carnal, from Latin carnālis (“of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• 
  (Paulista) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ˈnaw/, /kaɹ.ˈnaw/
  


• 
  (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ˈnaw/, /kaɻ.ˈnaw/
  


• 
  (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.ˈnaɫ/
  


• Hyphenation: car‧nal
  

Adjective

carnal m, f (plural carnais, comparable)

1. 
   carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
   


2. 
   (religion) carnal; earthly; worldly (concerned with human matters)
   


3. 
   consanguineous (descending from the same ancestor)
   

   
   Irmão carnal.

   Blood brother.

Synonyms

• 
  (worldly): terreno
  


• 
  (consanguineous): consanguíneo
  

Antonyms

• 
  (worldly): espiritual
  

Related terms

• carnalidade


• carnalmente


• carnalizar


• carne

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from caro (“flesh”).

Pronunciation

• 
  IPA^(key): /karˈnal/
  


• Rhymes: -al
  

Adjective

carnal (plural carnales)

1. 
   carnal (relating to the physical, especially sexual, appetites)
   

   Synonyms: sexual, libidinoso

Noun

carnal m (plural carnales, feminine carnala, feminine plural carnalas)

1. 
   (Mexico) brother (short form of hermano carnal, "carnal brother", in opposition to adopted or in-law)

Related terms

• carnalidad


• carne

Further reading

• “carnal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.