anthracite
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁa.sit/
anthracite is spelled A-N-T-H-R-A-C-I-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anthracite is a French masculine noun meaning “anthracite (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variété de charbon minéral, à reflet métallique et à combustion lente”.
What does anthracite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanthracite (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variété de charbon minéral, à reflet métallique et à combustion lente. 2. Teinte de gris très foncé, du nom de la variété de charbon du même nom. #303030
adjective: 1. De couleur anthracite, gris très foncé, du nom de la variété de charbon du même nom. #303030
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anthracite
- anthracites plural
- antracite
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anthracite?
- /ɑ̃.tʁa.sit/
- \ɑ̃.tʁa.sit\
- \ɑ̃t.ʁa.sit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anthracite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anthracite in French?
anthracite appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).