Carcassonne

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːkəˈsən/, /ˌkɑːkəˈsɒn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɹkəˈsən/, /ˌkɑɹkəˈsoʊn/

Proper noun

Carcassonne

An old walled city, capital of Aude department, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon, now Occitanie, France.
(board games) A board game where players have to place tiles and score features.

Translations

city

Arabic: قرقشونة f (qarqašūna), قرقسونة f (qarqasūna), كاركاسون (kārkāsūn)
Aragonese: Carcasona f
Catalan: Carcassona f
Dutch: Carcassonne n
French: Carcassonne (fr) f
Galician: Carcasona f
Greek: Καρκασόν (el) (Karkasón), Καρκασσόν (el) (Karkassón)
Hebrew: קרקסון f
Hindi: कारकैसन (kārkaisan)
Italian: Carcassona f, Carcassonne (it) f
Japanese: カルカソンヌ (karukasonnu), カルカッソンヌ (karukassonnu), カルカッソン (karukasson), カルカソン (karukason)
Korean: 카르카손 (Kareukason)
Latin: Carcaso f, Carcassona f
Marathi: कार्कासोन n (kārkāson)
Occitan: Carcassona (oc) f
Mistralian: Carcassouno f
Old Occitan: Carcassona f
Scots: Carcassonne
Spanish: Carcasona (es) f

French

Etymology

First attested as the Roman name, Latin Carcasō (Pliny).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ka.sɔn/
(Southern France) IPA^(key): /kaχ.ka.ˈsɔ.nə/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Proper noun

Carcassonne f

Carcassonne

Derived terms

References

Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Paris, Librairie Guénégaud, 1979 (→ISBN), p. 147a

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