Polyglot Dictionary

charbon

/ʃaʁ.bɔ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les charbons

Meaning

  1. coal

    • L'usine brûle du charbon.

      The factory burns coal.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Kohle

Kohle is the German word for the same thing — both mean "coal."

Spanish

carbón

carbón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "coal."

Spanish

hulla

hulla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "coal."

Practice

1 What does charbon mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'usine brûle du ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches charbon?

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