charbon

French

noun
Definitions
  • coal
  • anthrax
  • smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago

Etymology

Inherited from Old French charbon inherited from Latin carbōnem, carbō (coal, charcoal) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ker (burn).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ker

Gloss

burn

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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