charbon
French, noun/ʃaʁ.bɔ̃/
charbon is spelled C-H-A-R-B-O-N (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 4,050th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charbon is a French masculine noun meaning “coal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Combustible solide, de couleur noire, d'origine organique et renfermant principalement du carbone”.
What does charbon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoal
- 2
masculineanthrax
- 3
masculinesmut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Combustible solide, de couleur noire, d'origine organique et renfermant principalement du carbone. 2. Matière noire combustible. 3. Roche carbonée d'origine végétale se répartissant en anthracite, houille, tourbe et lignite. 4. Produit de la combustion de substances végétales ou animales.
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 charbon
- charbons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charbon?
- /ʃaʁ.bɔ̃/
- \ʃaʁ.bɔ̃\
- [ʃaʁ.bɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charbon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charbon in French?
charbon appears 19 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).