charbon
English
Etymology
From French charbon (“coal; anthrax”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑː(ɹ)bən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
charbon (countable and uncountable, plural charbons)
- A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
- A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle; anthrax.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for charbon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
From Old French charbon, inherited from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“coal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”). Doublet of carbone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.bɔ̃/
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Noun
charbon m (plural charbons)
- coal
- anthrax
- smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago
Derived terms
- aller au charbon
- charbon actif
- charbon de bois
- charbonner
- charbonnerie
- charbonneux
- charbonnier
- charbonnière
See also
- houille
Further reading
- “charbon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin carbō, carbōnem (“coal”).
Noun
charbon m (oblique plural charbons, nominative singular charbons, nominative plural charbon)
- coal
Descendants
- French: charbon
- Norman: tchèrbon, tcherbaon
- Walloon: tcherbon