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charcoal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

1. Of a dark gray colour.
   • Two vultures […] stood silent side by side like smoking coworkers on break, one charcoal eye staring back at me indifferently. 2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck:
2. Made of charcoal.
   • 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. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:

Forms

Deriveds

activated charcoal · charcoal iron · charcoal grey · charcoal burner · animal charcoal

Relateds

charbroil · vitrain · Carbonari · carbonara

Translations (11)

it antracite (colour) · uk деревне вугілля (colour) · ka ნახშირისფერი (colour) · sv antracitgrå (colour) · sv antracit (colour) · ru древесный уголь (colour) · de Holzkohle (colour) · fi antrasiitti (colour) · ga ar dhath an ghualaigh (colour) · eo lignokarba (colour) · nl antraciet (colour)

charcoal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
   • 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. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
   • 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. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 325–326:
2. (countable, usually) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
   • 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. 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, page 166:
3. (countable, usually) A drawing made with charcoal.
4. (uncountable, usually) A very dark gray colour.

Forms

Deriveds

macrocharcoal · charcoalify · charcoaly · charcoal rot · microcharcoal · charcoalize · beehive charcoal · charcoalization

Descendants

チャコール · charkol’

Translations (238)

de Kohle (stick used for drawing) · fa ذغال (substance) · da kultegning (charcoal drawing) · yi האָלצקויל (substance) · kn ಇದ್ದಿಲು (substance) · sl oglje (substance) · gl mourón (stick used for drawing) · cs dřevěné uhlí (substance) · ja 木炭 (stick used for drawing) · br glaou koad (substance) · kk ағаш көмірі (substance) · ast carbón vexetal (substance) · ro cărbune de lemn (substance) · mww thee (charcoal drawing) · be ву́галь (substance) · pjt aḻṯa (substance) · sh у̏гље̄н (substance) · lb holzkuel (substance) · cy golosg (substance) · tr odun kömürü (substance) · se čađđa (substance) · ps ذغال (substance) · ro antracit (colour) · lt anglis (substance) · de Holzkohle (substance) · gmw-cfr holzkoll (substance) · nb koltegning (charcoal drawing) · ro cărbune (substance) · sv kolkrita (stick used for drawing) · th ถ่านไม้ (substance) · pt carvão (substance) · kmr komir (substance) · ky жыгачтын көмүрү (substance) · ru у́голь (substance) · kam makaa (substance) · egl carbunsèin (charcoal drawing) · hi चारकोल (substance) · lv ogle (stick used for drawing) · ja 墨色 (colour) · uk деревне́ вугі́лля (substance) · hu faszén (substance) · ckb خەڵووز (substance) · th ถ่าน (substance) · fr charbon de bois (substance) · ae 𐬯𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (substance) · nv tʼeesh (substance) · mww thee (substance) · mnc ᠶᠠᡥᠠ (substance) · mk јаглен (stick used for drawing) · luy likaa (substance) · li houtskaol (substance) · sv antracitgrå (colour) · ga fioghual (substance) · jv areng (substance) · vi than gỗ (substance) · ki makara (substance) · sv antracit (colour) · ja 木炭画 (charcoal drawing) · ty ʻārahu (substance) · nn trekol (substance) · vec carboneła (substance) · scn carbonella (substance) · sv träkol (substance) · tl uling (substance) · it carbone (substance) · eu ikatz (substance) · ko 숯 (substance) · vi than củi (substance) · yag ikipašax (substance) · it carbonella (substance) · cs kresba uhlem (charcoal drawing) · ru угольный (colour) · gv geayl foiee (substance) · egl carbunsèin (stick used for drawing) · ca carbó vegetal (substance) · pl antracyt (colour) · hi काठकोयला (substance) · nb kulltegning (charcoal drawing) · orv угль (substance) · cmn 炭畫 /炭画 (charcoal drawing) · cmn 木炭畫 /木炭画 (charcoal drawing) · alt агаш кӧмӱр (substance) · tg ангишт (substance) · fa زغال (substance) · hi लकड़ी का कोयला (substance) · es herraj (substance) · my မီးသွေး (substance) · cy dylosg (substance) · lmw kúṣṣa (substance) · ro cărbune (stick used for drawing) · duo uging (substance) · lo ຖ່ານໄຟ (substance) · yue 木炭 (substance) · av цӏцӏулал тӏуччи (substance) · grc ἄνθραξ (substance) · kw glowbrenn (substance) · ja 木炭 (substance) · sw kaa (substance) · uk вугі́лля (substance) · sv teckningskol (stick used for drawing) · ga gualach (stick used for drawing) · ln likála (substance) · ang col (substance) · aht tʼaes (substance) · ar فَحْم الْخَشَب (substance) · id arang (substance) · ru у́голь (stick used for drawing) · hy փայտածուխ (substance) · twf úyna (substance) · bg въ́глен (substance) · bg дъ́рвен въ́глен (substance) · fy houtskoal (substance) · cmn 炭筆 /炭笔 (stick used for drawing) · es erraj (substance) · as এঙাৰ (substance) · mk јаглен (substance) · sk antracitová (colour) · ru древе́сный у́голь (substance) · fi antrasiitti (colour) · ig íchẹoku (substance) · ms arang (substance) · fi hiili (stick used for drawing) · mi ngārahu (substance) · ln makála (substance) · oc carbon de fusta (substance) · unm sëkaxkte (substance) · is viðarkol (substance) · km ធ្យូង (substance) · ml കരി (substance) · fur cjarbon (substance) · fur čharvon (substance) · da trækul (substance) · nod ᨳ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ (substance) · uk вугли́на (stick used for drawing) · la carbō (substance) · el κάρβουνο (charcoal drawing) · cs uhel (stick used for drawing) · et puusüsi (substance) · es cisco (substance) · es carbón (substance) · ro cărbune vegetal (substance) · es carboncillo (stick used for drawing) · tt агач күмере (substance) · ky жыгач көмүрү (substance) · ko 목탄 (substance) · eo lignokarbo (substance) · mk ќумур (substance) · gld сиалта (substance) · lo ຖ່ານ (substance) · qu k'illimsa (substance) · sa अङ्गार (substance) · so dhuxul dhagax (substance) · ja チャコール (substance) · es piñuelo (substance) · he פֶּחָם עֵץ (substance) · wao c'él (substance) · nds-de holtkuole (substance) · gl carbón (substance) · rom angar (substance) · bcl uring (substance) · sh drveni ugalj (substance) · tg зуғол (substance) · mt faħam tal-injam (substance) · mww thee (stick used for drawing) · ka ხის ნახშირი (substance) · fur cjarvon (substance) · luo makaa (substance) · kmr rejî (substance) · ba ағас күмере (substance) · orv угъль (substance) · bar hoizkuin (substance) · isd uxing (substance) · haw lānahu (substance) · sm malāla (substance) · gl carbonciño (charcoal drawing) · el κάρβουνο (substance) · ja 炭 (substance) · ga gualach líníochta (stick used for drawing) · swg holzkohle (substance) · sh ȕgljēn (substance) · sv ritkol (stick used for drawing) · fa انگشت (substance) · be дрэ́ўны ву́галь (substance) · nl houtskool (stick used for drawing) · ug ياغاچ كۆمۈرى (substance) · mg àrina (substance) · pt carvão (stick used for drawing) · ckb ڕەژوو (substance) · ja 消し炭色 (colour) · szl drzewny wōngel (substance) · haw nānahu (substance) · fi sysi (substance) · gl caruncho (stick used for drawing) · es herraje (substance) · da kul (substance) · ta கரி (substance) · az odun kömürü (substance) · fi puuhiili (substance) · lv ogles (substance) · oj akakanzhe (substance) · fo viðarkol (substance) · ga gualach (substance) · sk drevené uhlie (substance) · fo trækol (substance) · ota كومور (substance) · tr karakalem (stick used for drawing) · eu ekurrikatz (stick used for drawing) · agr kayušik (substance) · fr fusain (charcoal drawing) · uz pista koʻmir (substance) · brb houtskool (substance) · uli charkol’ (substance) · nb trekull (substance) · fi hiilipiirros (charcoal drawing) · af houtskool (substance) · fr fusain (stick used for drawing) · gd gual-fhiodha (substance) · nl houtskool (substance) · vo däsinakolat (stick used for drawing) · hu rajzszén (stick used for drawing) · ovd träkuol (substance) · mi ngārehu (substance) · el κάρβουνο (stick used for drawing) · bg дъ́рвени въ́глища (substance) · val carbó vegetal (substance) · sh дрвени угаљ (substance) · es tizana (substance) · mn модны нүүрс (substance) · ru рису́нок углём (charcoal drawing) · sv kolteckning (charcoal drawing) · sq qymyr (substance) · pdt Holtkol (substance) · nod ᨳ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶᨾᩱ᩵ (substance) · fa سکار (substance) · hu szénrajz (charcoal drawing) · pl węgiel drzewny (substance) · cmn 木炭 (substance) · fi sysimusta (colour)

charcoal en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

1. To draw with charcoal.
2. To cook over charcoal.

Forms

Relateds

fusain · kangri · coal · briquette · coal pot · carbo vegetabilis · brown coal · wood coal · collier