coal
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coal (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente coals, participio presente coaling, passato semplice e participio passato coaled)
- rifornire di carbone
- carbonizzare, trasformare legno o altra sostanza in carbone
coal (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente coals, participio presente coaling, passato semplice e participio passato coaled)
Ascolta la pronuncia :
dall'inglese antico col, di origini germaniche
- to carry coals to Newcastle - lett. "portare carbone a Newcastle"; imbarcarsi in un'impresa difficile e del tutto inutile (Newcastle era un'importante sede di miniere di carbone, per cui portarvi il carbone sarebbe inutile)
Da non confondere con
- Dictionary.com, lemma coal
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary