how to pronounce charbon

/ʃaʁ.bɔ̃/

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charbon is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔ̃

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An example use of charbon in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… pétrole de gaz de charbon on va pas …”

meanings of charbon

noun:

Anthrax.
Coal.
Smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago.

charbon frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word charbon occurs in french on average 9.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.