fusain
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun
[edit]fusain (countable and uncountable, plural fusains)
- Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
- A drawing made with it.
- Fossilized charcoal that exists in geologic formations, which often contain other fossil fuels nearby as well (e.g., bitumen, brown coal).
- Synonym: mother of coal
- Hypernyms: mineral coal, coal; charcoal
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French fusain, from Vulgar Latin *fusago, from Latin fusus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fusain m (plural fusains)
- (art) a fusain, a charcoal sketch
- (art, chiefly uncountable) fusain, a type of charcoal used for drawing
- ca. 1882, Vincent van Gogh, letter 287, in Brieven aan zijn broeder, part 2, publ. 1914, page 158.
- Ik heb deze teekening gemaakt met fusain en bergkrijt en drukinkt.
- I have made this drawing with fusain and mountain chalk and printer's ink.
- ca. 1882, Vincent van Gogh, letter 287, in Brieven aan zijn broeder, part 2, publ. 1914, page 158.
Hypernyms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fusain m (plural fusains)
Further reading
[edit]- “fusain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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