different between fuscin vs fusain

English

Etymology

From Latin fuscus (“dark-colored, tawny”), and -in.

Noun

fuscin (uncountable)

1. A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fusain.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?n

Noun

fusain (countable and uncountable, plural fusains)

1. Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
2. A drawing made with it.

Anagrams

• Finaus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fusain, from Vulgar Latin *fusago, from Latin fusus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy?z?n/
• Hyphenation: fu?sain
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

fusain m (plural fusains)

1. (art) A fusain, a charcoal sketch.
2. (art, chiefly uncountable) Fusain, a type of charcoal used for drawing.
   • ca. 1882, Vincent van Gogh, letter 287, in Brieven aan zijn broeder, part 2, publ. 1914, page 158.

Hypernyms

• houtskool

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.z??/

Noun

fusain m (plural fusains)

1. spindle-tree
2. (art) charcoal

Further reading

• “fusain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).