charbon
English
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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Derived terms
Derived terms
- aller au charbon
- charbon de bois
- charbonner
- charbonnerie
See also
Further reading
- “charbon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin carbō, carbōnem (“coal”).
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