cărbune

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin carbōnem, accusative of carbō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”). Doublet of carbon, a borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kərˈbune/
• Hyphenation: căr‧bu‧ne

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cărbune m (plural cărbuni)

1. coal (rock)
2. coal (smouldering material)

   Synonym: tăciune

3. charcoal (stick used for drawing)
4. charcoal (drawing)
5. anthrax

   Synonym: antrax

6. smut (plant disease)

   Synonym: tăciune

Declension

Declension of cărbune

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cărbune	cărbunele	(niște) cărbuni	cărbunii
genitive/dative	(unui) cărbune	cărbunelui	(unor) cărbuni	cărbunilor
vocative	cărbune		cărbunilor

Related terms

• cărbunar

References

• cărbune in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)