charbon
English
editEtymology
editFrom French charbon (“coal; anthrax”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑː(ɹ)bən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bən
Noun
editcharbon (countable and uncountable, plural charbons)
- (countable) 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.
- (uncountable) 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French charbon, inherited from Latin carbōnem (“coal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”). Doublet of carbone.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcharbon m (plural charbons)
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “charbon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin carbō, carbōnem (“coal”).
Noun
editcharbon oblique singular, m (oblique plural charbons, nominative singular charbons, nominative plural charbon)
Descendants
editScottish Gaelic
editNoun
editcharbon
- Lenited form of carbon.
Welsh
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcharbon
- Aspirate mutation of carbon.
Mutation
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