noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/
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CMU ARPABET:AE1 N TH R AH0 S AY2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hard coal
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A dark grey color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anthracite coal, hard coal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coal
History
Etymology
Via Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakîtis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ite.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
antracit
— type of coal
Bulgarian:
антраци́т
(antracít)
— type of coal
Catalan:
antracita
— type of coal
Chinese Mandarin:
無煙煤 /无烟煤
(wúyānméi)
— type of coal
Danish:
antracit
— type of coal
Dutch:
antraciet
— type of coal
Estonian:
antratsiit
— type of coal
Finnish:
antrasiitti
— type of coal
French:
anthracite
— type of coal
Galician:
antracita
— type of coal
Georgian:
ანტრაციტი
(anṭraciṭi)
— type of coal
German:
Anthrazit
— type of coal
Greek:
ανθρακίτης
(anthrakítis)
— type of coal
Ancient Greek:
ἀνθρακῖτις
(anthrakîtis)
— type of coal
Irish:
clochghual
— type of coal
Irish:
antraicít
— type of coal
Italian:
antracite
— type of coal
Japanese:
無煙炭
(muentan)
— type of coal
Kashubian:
antracyt
— type of coal
Korean:
무연탄
(muyeontan)
— type of coal
Macedonian:
антраци́т
(antracít)
— type of coal
Norwegian Bokmål:
antrasitt
— type of coal
Norwegian Nynorsk:
antrasitt
— type of coal
Polish:
antracyt
— type of coal
Portuguese:
antracite
— type of coal
Portuguese:
antracito
— type of coal
Romanian:
antracit
— type of coal
Russian:
антраци́т
(antracít)
— type of coal
Serbo-Croatian:
антра̀цӣт
— type of coal
Serbo-Croatian:
antràcīt
— type of coal
Spanish:
antracita
— type of coal
Swedish:
antracit
— type of coal
Tagalog:
antrasita
— type of coal
Turkish:
antrasit
— type of coal
Turkish:
taş kömürü
— type of coal
Ottoman Turkish:
آنتراسیت
(antrasit)
— type of coal
