carbuncle

Significat (Anglès)

1. (archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
2. A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
3. An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
4. An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.

Conceptes

carboncle

àntrax

antrax

Sinònims

boil

anthrax

ulcer

abscess

garnet

pimple

sore

spot

pustule

short

skin disease

wart

wound

zit

Arizona ruby

escarbuncle

chabocle

charboucle

escarboucle

blister

carbon

coal

eruption

feruncle

furuncle

rhodolite

ruby

Traduccions

escarboucle

Karbunkel

karbonkel

carbúnculo

carbunco

carbunclo

carbunculus

Karfunkel

carbonchio

ántrax

ψευδάνθρακας

حبة

anthrax

foruncolo

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: carbuncle

In summary

From Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus (“a small coal; a reddish kind of precious stone; a kind of tumor”), diminutive of carbō (“a coal, charcoal”). Doublet of Garfinkel and Garfunkel.