carat
See also: carât
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle French carat, from Italian carato, from Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ, “carat, similarly small units such as inches”), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion, “hornlet, carob seed”), from κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ιον (-ion, “forming diminutives”). Doublet of karat and quilate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carat (plural carats)
- A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls .
- Meronym: grain
- (historical) Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.
- A 24-point scale used to measure the purity of gold.
- 18-carat gold is 75% gold by mass. 24-carat gold is pure.
Hyponyms edit
- metric carat (SI unit equal to 0.2 g exactly), quilate (historical Iberian and Latin American contexts)
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Translations edit
mass
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measure of the purity of gold
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
carat m (plural carats)
Further reading edit
- “carat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
First known attestation in 1360 in the plural as quarais. Attested in the singular as quaret at least as early as 1433. Spellings with an initial c- first attested 1367.[1]
Noun edit
carat m (plural caras or caraz)
- carat (measure of purity of gold)
Descendants edit
- → English: carat
References edit
- ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (carat, supplement)
Middle Irish edit
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carat
Mutation edit
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
carat | charat | carat pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
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carat
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
carat | charat | carat pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
carat n (plural carate)