Noun: carbuncle
| Sg. | carbuncle |
| Pl. | carbuncles |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Tale of Sir Thopas: 179-81.
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His sheeld was al of gold so reed,
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And ther-inne was a bores heed,
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A charbocle bisyde;
Nouns inflected like carbuncle
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, itself borrowed from Latin carbunculus. See: Latin Nouns '
carbunculus'.
Verbs referencing "carbuncle"
English Nouns
carbuncle.
Translations