plombagine
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin plumbaginem, as it resembled lead. Cf. also plumbago.
Pronunciation
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Noun
plombagine m (plural plombagines)
- (mineralogy) graphite
- Synonym: mine de plomb
- −La mine de crayons, de quoi est-elle faite?
−Avec de la plombagine, une pierre tendre qu'on scie en baguettes et qu'on enferme dans deux moitiés de cylindre de bois. (Colette, Cl. école, 1900)
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Further reading
- “plombagine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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