charbonner

French

Etymology

From charbon (“coal”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/

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Verb

charbonner

1. (transitive) to turn into coal

   Synonym: carbonifier

2. (intransitive) to produce coal

   Le feu charbonnait en répandant une fumée grise.

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3. (reflexive) to become coal
4. (informal) to work

   Synonyms: taffer, travailler

   • 2020 March 27, Lazamah (lyrics and music), “Pimp”, in Pimp‎^[1]:

     Je charbonne grave / Tu mе verras plus dans la tess

     I toil hard / You won’t see me on ends

5. (slang) to deal (to sell drugs)
   • 2015, “Marabout”‎^[2]performed by Lacrim:

     On a charbonné comme jamais / Dans le trafic ou pas on a taffé

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Conjugation

Conjugation of charbonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	charbonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	charbonnant /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		charbonné /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/	charbonnes /ʃaʁ.bɔn/	charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/	charbonnons /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɔ̃/	charbonnez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/	charbonnent /ʃaʁ.bɔn/
	imperfect	charbonnais /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/	charbonnais /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/	charbonnait /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/	charbonnions /ʃaʁ.bɔ.njɔ̃/	charbonniez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje/	charbonnaient /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	charbonnai /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/	charbonnas /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/	charbonna /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/	charbonnâmes /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nam/	charbonnâtes /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nat/	charbonnèrent /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	charbonnerai /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁe/	charbonneras /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁa/	charbonnera /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁa/	charbonnerons /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/	charbonnerez /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁe/	charbonneront /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	charbonnerais /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/	charbonnerais /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/	charbonnerait /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/	charbonnerions /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	charbonneriez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nə.ʁje/	charbonneraient /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/	charbonnes /ʃaʁ.bɔn/	charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/	charbonnions /ʃaʁ.bɔ.njɔ̃/	charbonniez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje/	charbonnent /ʃaʁ.bɔn/
	imperfect2	charbonnasse /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/	charbonnasses /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/	charbonnât /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/	charbonnassions /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	charbonnassiez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na.sje/	charbonnassent /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/	—	charbonnons /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɔ̃/	charbonnez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• charbon
• charbonnage
• charbonneur

Further reading

• “charbonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.