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houille.

stone coal, mineral coal

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/uj/
  1. stone coal, mineral coal

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Walloon (Liégeois) hulhes ( > modern Wallon hoye), probably from Frankish *hukila (“pile, mound”), a diminutive form (compare dialectal Dutch heukel), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to arch, bend, curve, vault”), see also Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), *hufą (“elevated place”).

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