transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkär-bə-ˈni-f(ə-)rəs ]
adjective
Date: 1799
1. : producing or containing carbon or coal
2. capitalized : of, relating to, or being the period of the Paleozoic era between the Devonian and the Permian or the corresponding system of rocks that includes coal beds — see geologic time table
• Carboniferous noun