charcoal
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old English cierran (“to change, turn”) + col (“coal”). By surface analysis, char (Etymology 3 [verb]) + coal.
Inflected forms:
form: charcoals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more charcoal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most charcoal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: charcoals
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: charcoaling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: charcoaled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: charcoaled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
usually
examples: The grate was laid with charcoal, to that she put a light, and then, as if she had forgotten something, hurried to the library, and carefully locked the door. First returning to see that the fire had kindled, she then went to the window, which, with the first gleam of moonlight, she cautiously unclosed, and stepped into the shrubbery.
But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
gloss: A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
gloss: A drawing made with charcoal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
gloss: A very dark gray colour.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Of a dark gray colour.
pos: adj
examples: Two vultures […] stood silent side by side like smoking coworkers on break, one charcoal eye staring back at me indifferently.
gloss: Made of charcoal.
pos: adj
examples: But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
gloss: To draw with charcoal.
pos: verb
gloss: To cook over charcoal.
pos: verb
Related words: carbonara
Carbonari
charbroil
vitrain
briquette
brown coal
carbo vegetabilis
coal
coal pot
collier
fusain
kangri
wood coal
Derived words: beehive charcoal
charcoalify
charcoalization
charcoalize
charcoal rot
charcoaly
macrocharcoal
microcharcoal
activated charcoal
animal charcoal
charcoal burner
charcoal grey
charcoal iron
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: houtskool
lang: Dupaningan Agta
word: uging
lang: Aguaruna
word: kayušik
lang: Ahtna
word: tʼaes
lang: Albanian
word: qymyr
lang: Arabic
word: فَحْم الْخَشَب
roman: faḥm al-ḵašab
lang: Armenian
word: փայտածուխ
roman: pʻaytacux
lang: Assamese
word: এঙাৰ
roman: eṅar
lang: Asturian
word: carbón vexetal
lang: Avar
word: цӏцӏулал тӏуччи
roman: ccʼulal tʼučči
lang: Avestan
word: 𐬯𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀
roman: skara
lang: Azerbaijani
word: odun kömürü
lang: Bashkir
word: ағас күмере
roman: ağas kümere
lang: Basque
word: ikatz
lang: Belarusian
word: дрэ́ўны ву́галь
roman: dréwny vúhalʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: ву́галь
roman: vúhalʹ
lang: Central Bikol
word: uring
lang: Breton
word: glaou koad
lang: Bulgarian
word: дъ́рвен въ́глен
roman: dǎ́rven vǎ́glen
lang: Bulgarian
word: въ́глен
roman: vǎ́glen
lang: Bulgarian
word: дъ́рвени въ́глища
roman: dǎ́rveni vǎ́glišta
lang: Burmese
word: မီးသွေး
roman: mi:swe:
lang: Catalan
word: carbó vegetal
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 木炭
roman: muk⁶ taan³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 木炭
roman: mùtàn
lang: Cornish
word: glowbrenn
lang: Czech
word: dřevěné uhlí
lang: Danish
word: trækul
lang: Danish
word: kul
lang: Dutch
word: houtskool
lang: Elfdalian
word: träkuol
lang: Esperanto
word: lignokarbo
lang: Estonian
word: puusüsi
lang: Faroese
word: trækol
lang: Faroese
word: viðarkol
lang: Finnish
word: puuhiili
lang: Finnish
word: sysi
lang: French
word: charbon de bois
lang: West-Frisian
word: houtskoal
lang: Friulian
word: cjarbon
lang: Friulian
word: cjarvon
lang: Friulian
word: čharvon
lang: Galician
word: carbón
lang: Georgian
word: ხის ნახშირი
roman: xis naxširi
lang: German
word: Holzkohle
lang: Bavarian German
word: hoizkuin
lang: Central Franconian
word: holzkoll
lang: Swabian
word: holzkohle
lang: Greek
word: κάρβουνο
roman: kárvouno
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἄνθραξ
roman: ánthrax
lang: Hawaiian
word: lānahu
lang: Hawaiian
word: nānahu
lang: Hebrew
word: פֶּחָם עֵץ
roman: pecham 'etz
lang: Hindi
word: चारकोल
roman: cārkol
lang: Hindi
word: लकड़ी का कोयला
roman: lakṛī kā koylā
lang: Hindi
word: काठकोयला
roman: kāṭhkoylā
lang: White Hmong
word: thee
lang: Hungarian
word: faszén
lang: Icelandic
word: viðarkol
lang: Igbo
word: íchẹoku
lang: Indonesian
word: arang
lang: Irish
word: fioghual
lang: Irish
word: gualach
lang: Isnag
word: uxing
lang: Italian
word: carbone
lang: Italian
word: carbonella
lang: Japanese
word: 炭
roman: sumi
lang: Japanese
word: 木炭
roman: mokutan
lang: Japanese
word: チャコール
roman: chakōru
lang: Javanese
word: areng
lang: Kamba
word: makaa
lang: Kannada
word: ಇದ್ದಿಲು
roman: iddilu
lang: Kazakh
word: ағаш көмірі
roman: ağaş kömırı
lang: Khmer
word: ធ្យូង
roman: thyuung
lang: Kikuyu
word: makara
lang: Korean
word: 숯
roman: sut
lang: Korean
word: 목탄
roman: moktan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: خەڵووز
roman: xellûz
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ڕەژوو
roman: rejû
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: komir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rejî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жыгач көмүрү
roman: jıgac kömürü
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жыгачтын көмүрү
roman: jıgactın kömürü
lang: Lao
word: ຖ່ານ
roman: thān
lang: Lao
word: ຖ່ານໄຟ
roman: thān fai
lang: Latin
word: carbō
lang: Latvian
word: ogles
lang: Lave
word: houtskool
lang: Limburgish
word: houtskaol
lang: Lingala
word: likála
lang: Lingala
word: makála
lang: Lithuanian
word: anglis
lang: Low German
word: holtkuole
lang: Luhya
word: likaa
lang: Luo
word: makaa
lang: Luxembourgish
word: holzkuel
lang: Macedonian
word: јаглен
roman: jaglen
lang: Macedonian
word: ќумур
roman: ḱumur
lang: Malagasy
word: àrina
lang: Malay
word: arang
lang: Malayalam
word: കരി
roman: kari
lang: Maltese
word: faħam tal-injam
lang: Manchu
word: ᠶᠠᡥᠠ
roman: yaha
lang: Manx
word: geayl foiee
lang: Māori
word: ngārehu
lang: Māori
word: ngārahu
lang: Mongolian
word: модны нүүрс
roman: modny nüürs
lang: Nanai
word: сиалта
roman: sialta
lang: Navajo
word: tʼeesh
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: trekull
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: trekol
lang: Occitan
word: carbon de fusta
lang: Ojibwe
word: akakanzhe
lang: Old East Slavic
word: угъль
roman: ugŭlĭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: угль
roman: uglĭ
lang: Old English
word: col
lang: Pashto
word: ذغال
roman: zǧāl
lang: Persian
word: ذغال
roman: zoġâl
lang: Persian
word: سکار
roman: sakâr
lang: Persian
word: زغال
roman: zoġâl
lang: Persian
word: انگشت
roman: angešt
lang: Pitjantjatjara
word: aḻṯa
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Holtkol
lang: Polish
word: węgiel drzewny
lang: Portuguese
word: carvão
lang: Quechua
word: k'illimsa
lang: Romani
word: angar
lang: Romanian
word: cărbune
lang: Romanian
word: cărbune de lemn
lang: Romanian
word: cărbune vegetal
lang: Russian
word: древе́сный у́голь
roman: drevésnyj úgolʹ
lang: Russian
word: у́голь
roman: úgolʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: čađđa
lang: Samoan
word: malāla
lang: Sanskrit
word: अङ्गार
roman: aṅgāra
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gual-fhiodha
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дрвени угаљ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: у̏гље̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: drveni ugalj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ȕgljēn
lang: Sicilian
word: carbonella
lang: Silesian
word: drzewny wōngel
lang: Slovak
word: drevené uhlie
lang: Slovene
word: oglje
lang: Somali
word: dhuxul dhagax
lang: Spanish
word: carbón
lang: Spanish
word: cisco
lang: Spanish
word: herraj
lang: Spanish
word: erraj
lang: Spanish
word: piñuelo
lang: Spanish
word: herraje
lang: Spanish
word: tizana
lang: Swahili
word: kaa
lang: Swedish
word: träkol
lang: Tagalog
word: uling
lang: Tahitian
word: ʻārahu
lang: Tajik
word: зуғол
roman: zuġol
lang: Tajik
word: ангишт
roman: angišt
lang: Tamil
word: கரி
roman: kari
lang: Taos
word: úyna
lang: Tatar
word: агач күмере
roman: ağaç kümere
lang: Thai
word: ถ่านไม้
roman: tàan-máai
lang: Thai
word: ถ่าน
roman: tàan
lang: Northern Thai
word: ᨳ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ
lang: Northern Thai
word: ᨳ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶᨾᩱ᩵
lang: Turkish
word: odun kömürü
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كومور
roman: kömür
lang: Ukrainian
word: деревне́ вугі́лля
roman: derevné vuhíllja
lang: Ukrainian
word: вугі́лля
roman: vuhíllja
lang: Unami
word: sëkaxkte
lang: Uyghur
word: ياغاچ كۆمۈرى
roman: yaghach kömüri
lang: Uzbek
word: pista koʻmir
lang: Vehes
word: carbó vegetal
lang: Venetan
word: carboneła
lang: Vietnamese
word: than gỗ
lang: Vietnamese
word: than củi
lang: Welsh
word: golosg
lang: Welsh
word: dylosg
lang: Yámana
word: ikipašax
lang: Yiddish
word: האָלצקויל
roman: holtskoyl
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 木炭畫 /木炭画
roman: mùtànhuà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 炭畫 /炭画
roman: tànhuà
lang: Czech
word: kresba uhlem
lang: Danish
word: kultegning
lang: Emilian
word: carbunsèin
lang: Finnish
word: hiilipiirros
lang: French
word: fusain
lang: Galician
word: carbonciño
lang: Greek
word: κάρβουνο
roman: kárvouno
lang: White Hmong
word: thee
lang: Hungarian
word: szénrajz
lang: Japanese
word: 木炭画
roman: mokutanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kulltegning
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: koltegning
lang: Russian
word: рису́нок углём
roman: risúnok ugljóm
lang: Swedish
word: kolteckning