fusain

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fusain.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

fusain (countable and uncountable, plural fusains)

2. Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
4. A drawing made with it.
6. Fossilized charcoal that exists in geologic formations, which often contain other fossil fuels nearby as well (e.g., bitumen, brown coal).

   Synonym: mother of coal

   Hypernyms: mineral coal, coal; charcoal

Anagrams

• Finaus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fusain, from Vulgar Latin *fusago, from Latin fusus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyˈzɛn/
• Hyphenation: fu‧sain
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

fusain m (plural fusains)

1. (art) a fusain, a charcoal sketch
2. (art, chiefly uncountable) fusain, a type of charcoal used for drawing
   • ca. 1882, Vincent van Gogh, letter 287, in Brieven aan zijn broeder, part 2, publ. 1914, page 158.

     Ik heb deze teekening gemaakt met fusain en bergkrijt en drukinkt.

     I have made this drawing with fusain and mountain chalk and printer's ink.

Hypernyms

• houtskool

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zɛ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

fusain m (plural fusains)

1. spindle-tree
2. (art, uncountable) charcoal
3. (art, countable) charcoal drawing

Further reading

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