carbonifère
French, adjective/kaʁ.bɔ.ni.fɛʁ/
carbonifère is spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-I-F-È-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carbonifère is a French adjective meaning “Carboniferous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui contient du charbon”.
What does carbonifère mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Carboniferous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui contient du charbon. 2. Qui est relatif aux périodes où s’est formé le charbon, et en particulier au Carbonifère.
noun: 1. Cinquième des six périodes du Paléozoïque, comprise entre -360 et -290 millions d’années, suivant le Dévonien et précédant le Permien.
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 carbonifère
- carbonifères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carbonifère?
- /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.fɛʁ/
- \kaʁ.bɔ.ni.fɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carbonifère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carbonifère in French?
carbonifère appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).