carvão

Portuguese
carvão (1)
carvão (2)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾˈvɐ̃w̃/
  • Hyphenation: car‧vão

Noun

carvão m (plural carvões)

  1. coal
  2. charcoal
  • carvoeiro
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