carvão

Meaning

1. (masculine) coal
2. (masculine) charcoal
3. (masculine) smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago

Concepts

coal

charcoal

carbon

smuts

ember

izle

embers

fusain

wood coal

Synonyms

carvão vegetal

hulha

rescaldo

carvão de lenha

Carvão Mineral

carvão mineral

Carvão Vegetal

Carvão

Translations

charbon

carbón

Kohle

carbone

carbó

kool

steenkool

houille

κάρβουνο

charbon de bois

houtskool

فحم

kömür

carboncino

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaʁˈvɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: carbo

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese carvon, from Latin carbōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”). Doublet of carbono.