English Noun impure carbon obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of oxygen. a stick of black carbon material used for drawing. a drawing made with charcoal. a very dark gray colour. Translations Dutch: houtskool m (1) Esperanto: lignokarbo French: charbon m (1) German: Indonesian: arang (1) Japanese: 炭 (すみ, sumi) (1), 墨 (すみ, sumi) (2) ? Polish: węgiel drzewny m (1), węgiel m (2,3) Spanish: Adjective of a dark gray colour. Translations Dutch: Esperanto: lignokarba French: German: Latin: Spanish: Related words See Appendix:Colours Additional reading Wikipedia article on charcoal.