charbon
Meaning
- coal
- anthrax
- smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃaʁ.bɔ̃/
Etymology
Inherited from Old French charbon, inherited from Latin carbōnem (“coal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”). Doublet of carbone.
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