Coal - Charbon (The 2935th Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Coal is Charbon. It is classified as a B2 word, and is the 2935th most commonly used word in French. It can be used as noun. This word often comes up when talking about materials & quality. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: coal

French: charbon

Examples


The vessel was loaded with coal, lumber, and so on.	Le navire était chargé de charbon, de bois, et ainsi de suite.
A crow is as black as coal.	Le corbeau est aussi noir que du charbon.
The coal is burning.	Le charbon brûle.
Coal and natural gas are natural fuels.	Le charbon et le gaz naturel sont des carburants naturels.
The raven is as black as coal.	Le corbeau est aussi noir que le charbon.
Tom and Mary worked in a coal mine as children.	Tom et Marie travaillaient dans une mine de charbon lorsqu'ils étaient enfants.
They replaced coal with oil.	Ils substituèrent du pétrole au charbon.
The coal bin is full.	Le seau à charbon est plein.

We need a large amount of coal.	Nous avons besoin d'une grande quantité de charbon.
Her eyes are black as coal.	Ses yeux sont noirs comme du charbon.
Coal is a dying industry.	L'industrie du charbon est mourante.
I know that Tom is a coal miner.	Je sais que Tom est mineur de charbon.
We have used up all the coal.	Nous avons utilisé tout le charbon.
The coal industry is dying.	L'industrie du charbon se meurt.
Lorries carrying huge piles of coal waited at the entrance.	Des camions transportant d'énormes tas de charbon attendaient à l'entrée.
The train brings the coal to the factory.	Le train amène le charbon à l'usine.
Coal consists mostly of carbon.	Le charbon est principalement constitué de carbone.
Far superior to burning coal/fossil fuel for the ecology.	De loin supérieure à la combustion du charbon / combustible fossile pour l'écologie.
Check recipe for number of charcoal layers needed.	Vérifiez la recette pour connaître le nombre de couches de charbon requis.
So, it was thermal power plants which use fossil fuels, natural gas and also coal, which permitted to satisfy demand.	C'est bien le recours massif (+40,4%) aux centrales thermiques utilisant des énergies fossiles, le gaz naturel mais aussi le charbon, qui a permis de satisfaire la demande.
Coal-based power generation has been eliminated.	La production d'électricité à partir du charbon a été éliminée.