English

Noun

charbon ‎(plural charbons)

1. 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.
2. A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.bɔ̃/

Etymology

From Old French charbon, inherited from Latin carbō, carbōnem ‎(“coal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker ‎(“to burn”). Doublet of carbone.

Noun

charbon m ‎(plural charbons)

1. coal
2. anthrax

Derived terms

See also

• houille

Old French

Etymology

From Latin carbō, carbōnem ‎(“coal”).

Noun

charbon m ‎(oblique plural charbons, nominative singular charbons, nominative plural charbon)

1. coal

Descendants

• French: charbon
• Norman: tchèrbon, tcherbaon
• Walloon: tcherbon