Charnel — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

gruesomely indicative of death or the dead

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɪkɔɪdz/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɪpɹɪnˌɒdɒnts/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɪpɹɪnˌɒdɒnts/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɪkɔɪdz/.

Examples

a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
ghastly shrieks
the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ghastly charnel house sepulchral

Parts of Speech

noun	a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
adjective	gruesomely indicative of death or the dead “a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones”

Word Forms

ghastliness

noun

the quality of being ghastly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Leichen

ein Tresorraum oder ein Gebäude, in dem Leichen oder Knochen aufbewahrt werden

🇫🇷French

charnier

un caveau ou un bâtiment où sont déposés des cadavres ou des ossements

🇪🇸Spanish

osario

una bóveda o edificio donde se depositan cadáveres o huesos

🇮🇹Italian

ossario

una cripta o un edificio in cui vengono depositati cadaveri o ossa

🇳🇱Dutch

knekel

een kluis of gebouw waar lijken of botten worden gedeponeerd

🇵🇹Portuguese

sepultura

um cofre ou edifício onde cadáveres ou ossos são depositados

🇷🇺Russian

склеп

хранилище или здание, где хранятся трупы или кости

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मेहराबदार छत से युक्त

एक तिजोरी या इमारत जहाँ लाशें या हड्डियाँ जमा की जाती हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

চার্নেল

একটি খিলান বা ভবন যেখানে মৃতদেহ বা হাড় জমা করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

சேனல்

சடலங்கள் அல்லது எலும்புகள் வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள ஒரு பெட்டகம் அல்லது கட்டிடம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఛానల్

శవాలు లేదా ఎముకలు నిక్షిప్తం చేయబడిన ఖజానా లేదా భవనం

🇮🇳Marathi

चार्नेल

एक तिजोरी किंवा इमारत जिथे मृतदेह किंवा हाडे जमा केली जातात

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચારનલ

એક તિજોરી અથવા મકાન જ્યાં લાશો અથવા હાડકાં જમા કરવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಾರ್ನಲ್

ಶವಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಮೂಳೆಗಳನ್ನು ಠೇವಣಿ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಕಮಾನು ಅಥವಾ ಕಟ್ಟಡ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചാനൽ

ശവങ്ങളോ അസ്ഥികളോ നിക്ഷേപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു നിലവറ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കെട്ടിടം

🇵🇰Urdu

چارنل

ایک والٹ یا عمارت جہاں لاشیں یا ہڈیاں جمع کی جاتی ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

藏身处

存放尸体或骨头的拱顶或建筑物

🇯🇵Japanese

納骨堂

死体や骨が安置されている金庫または建物

🇰🇷Korean

납골당

시체나 뼈를 보관하는 금고나 건물

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngôi mộ

một hầm hoặc tòa nhà nơi xác chết hoặc xương được gửi

🇹🇭Thai

ชาร์ล

ห้องนิรภัยหรืออาคารที่ฝังศพหรือกระดูกไว้

🇮🇩Indonesian

kuburan

lemari besi atau bangunan tempat mayat atau tulang disimpan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شارنيل

قبو أو مبنى يتم فيه إيداع الجثث أو العظام

🇮🇷Persian

چارنل

طاق یا ساختمانی که اجساد یا استخوان‌ها در آن قرار می‌گیرند

🇹🇷Turkish

mezarlık

cesetlerin veya kemiklerin saklandığı bir kasa veya bina

🇮🇱Hebrew

שרנל

קמרון או בניין שבו מופקדות גופות או עצמות

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The primary meaning of 'charnel' is 'a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited'.

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