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Meaning of carbunculus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C1
[karˈbʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Definitions

  1. burning or devouring sorrow
    declension-2, figuratively, masculine
  2. kind of sandstone, red toph-stone
    declension-2, masculine, metonymically
  3. reddish, bright kind of precious stone, probably comprising the ruby, carbuncle, hyacinth, garnet
    declension-2, masculine, metonymically
  4. A disease:
    declension-2, masculine, metonymically
  5. kind of tumor, carbuncle
    declension-2, masculine, metonymically
  6. disease caused by hoar-frost
    declension-2, masculine, metonymically

Equivalents

Български цирей
Cymraeg cornwyd
Deutsch Karbunkel
Ελληνικά ψευδάνθρακας
English Carbuncle
Suomi ajospahka
Gaeilge carrmhogal
Gàidhlig neasgaid
Galego carbunco nacida
日本語
Қазақша көршиқан
Bahasa Melayu bisul
Nederlands karbonkel
Polski karbunkuł
Română carbuncul
Русский карбункул
Svenska böld

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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