English-French translations for coal

charbon
Le charbon domestique sera remplacé par du charbon importé. Domestic coal will be replaced by imported coal. En outre, le charbon européen est un charbon qui peut être propre. Moreover, European coal is coal that can be clean. La demande de charbon, et le prix du charbon, augmentent. Demand for coal, and the price of coal, are rising.
houille
Cette dernière produit 40 % environ de son électricité à partir du charbon et principalement de la houille. Roughly 40% of Romania's electricity production is based on coal, most of which is hard coal. Il n'est pas juste qu'on applique les mêmes critères à la tourbe qu'à la houille par exemple. It is not right that peat should be judged according to the same criteria as, for example, coal. Avec l'expiration du règlement sur le charbon le 31 décembre 2010, certains pays risquent de devoir fermer leurs mines de houille. With the expiry of the Coal Regulation on 31 December 2010, some countries would be obliged to close their hard coal mines.

A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel
A piece of coal used for burning
A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof
Charcoal
To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships
To supply with coal
To be converted to charcoal
To burn to charcoal; to char
To mark or delineate with charcoal

Put some coal on the fire.
Put some coals on the fire.
Just as the camp-fire died down to just coals, with no flames to burn the marshmallows, someone dumped a whole load of wood on, so I gave up and went to bed.
to coal a steamer

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