Masculine
charbon
- (masculine) coal
- (masculine) anthrax
- (masculine) smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃaʁ.bɔ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French charbon, inherited from Latin carbōnem (“coal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”). Doublet of carbone.
fuel domestique
fièvre charbonneuse
cendre ardente
Copie carbone
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