anthracite

English

A nugget of anthracite.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakîtis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/

Noun

anthracite (countable and uncountable, plural anthracites)

1. A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.

   Synonym: hard coal

2. A dark grey colour.

Derived terms

• semianthracite
• subanthracite

Translations

type of coal

• Bulgarian: антрацит (bg) m (antracit)
• Catalan: antracita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無煙煤／无烟煤 (zh) (wúyānméi), 无烟煤 (zh) (wúyānméi)

• Danish: antracit (da) c
• Estonian: antratsiit
• Finnish: antrasiitti (fi)
• French: anthracite (fr) m
• Galician: antracita (gl) f
• Georgian: ანტრაციტი (anṭraciṭi)
• German: Anthrazit (de) m
• Interlingue:
• Irish: clochghual m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: antracite (it) f
• Japanese: 無煙炭 (むえんたん, muentan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: antrasitt m

  Nynorsk: antrasitt m

• Portuguese: antracite f, antracito m
• Russian: антраци́т (ru) m (antracít)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антрацит m

  Roman: antracit (sh) m

• Spanish: antracita (es) f
• Tagalog: antrasita

Anagrams

• cathartine

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

anthracite m (plural anthracites)

1. anthracite (all senses)