carbuncle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑɹˌbʌŋ.kl̩/
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From Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus (“a small coal; a reddish kind of precious stone; a kind of tumor”), diminutive of carbō (“a coal, charcoal”). Doublet of Garfinkel and Garfunkel.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гранат (granat) — precious stone
• Catalan: carboncle — precious stone
• Danish: karfunkel — precious stone
• Dutch: karbonkel — precious stone
• Erzya: мазыкев (mazïkev) — precious stone
• French: carboucle — precious stone
• Old French: carbuncle — precious stone
• Galician: carbúnculo — precious stone
• Georgian: ტოპაზი (ṭoṗazi) — precious stone
• Old Georgian: ანთრაკი (antraḳi) — precious stone
• German: Karfunkel — precious stone
• Ancient Greek: ἄνθραξ (ánthrax) — precious stone
• Hebrew: נֹפֶךְ (nófech) — precious stone
• Irish: carrmhogal — precious stone
• Latin: carbunculus — precious stone
• Malay: batu merah — precious stone
• Manx: carbuncle — precious stone
• Māori: kapakara — precious stone
• Middle English: carbuncle — precious stone
• Norwegian Bokmål: karfunkel — precious stone
• Polish: karbunkuł — precious stone
• Portuguese: granado oriental — precious stone
• Scottish Gaelic: càrrmhogal — precious stone
• Spanish: carbunclo — precious stone
• Spanish: carbúnculo — precious stone
• Welsh: carbwncl — precious stone
• Yiddish: גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl) — precious stone
• Bulgarian: цирей (cirej) — abscess
• Chinese Mandarin: 癰 /痈 (yōng) — abscess
• Danish: brandbyld — abscess
• Danish: byld — abscess
• Dutch: karbonkel — abscess
• Finnish: ajospahka — abscess
• Galician: carbunco — abscess
• Galician: nacida — abscess
• German: Karbunkel — abscess
• Greek: ψευδάνθρακας (psevdánthrakas) — abscess
• Ancient Greek: ἄνθραξ (ánthrax) — abscess
• Indonesian: karbunkel — abscess
• Irish: carrmhogal — abscess
• Irish: carbuncal — abscess
• Japanese: 癰 (yō) — abscess
• Kazakh: көршиқан (körşiqan) — abscess
• Latin: carbunculus — abscess
• Malay: bisul — abscess
• Manx: pluccan mooar — abscess
• Māori: tāpoa — abscess
• Māori: maiao — abscess
• Middle English: carbuncle — abscess
• Mi'kmaq: glmuej — abscess
• Old English: angset — abscess
• Polish: karbunkuł — abscess
• Romanian: carbuncul — abscess
• Russian: карбункул (karbunkul) — abscess
• Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid — abscess
• Swedish: böld — abscess
• Unami: pëmuwe — abscess
• Welsh: carbwncl — abscess
• Welsh: cornwyd — abscess
• Yiddish: גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl) — abscess