See also: Carbon, carbón, càrbon, and carbôn

English edit

Chemical element
C
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (charcoal, coal), from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (to burn).

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carbon (countable and uncountable, plural carbons)

  1. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
  2. (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
    A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.
  3. (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 51:
      He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon.
  4. (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
  5. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
  6. (ecology, uncountable) carbon dioxide, in the context of climate change.
    carbon neutral
  7. A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
    • 1892, English Mechanic and World of Science, page 444:
      To trim an arc lamp, first remove the old carbons and carefully and thoroughly wipe the carbon rods, holders, &c. with a clean, dry rag.
  8. A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
  9. (informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer).
    carbon bike frame

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Hyponyms of carbon

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Descendants edit

  • Bengali: কার্বন (karbon)
  • Malay: karbon
  • Navajo: káábin
  • Welsh: carbon

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carbon (third-person singular simple present carbons, present participle carboning, simple past and past participle carboned)

  1. (Internet, transitive, uncommon) To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.
    Synonyms: cc, copy
    When I send it, I'll carbon Julia so she's aware.

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carbon related terms

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  • karbon (rare, but now official)

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carbon n (singular definite carbonet, not used in plural form)

  1. (chemistry) carbon
    Synonym: kulstof

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While kul (coal) is never used to refer to the element of carbon, it may sometimes replace it in names of derivations, such as kuldioxid/carbondioxid, kulsyre, kulilte/carbonmonoxid.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kɑrˈbɔn/
  • Hyphenation: car‧bon
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Etymology 1 edit

Probably borrowed from French carbone, ultimately from Latin carbō. The sense “fibre-reinforced polymer” derived from English carbon.

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carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

  1. fibre-reinforced polymer
  2. black diamond

Etymology 2 edit

From carbonpapier.

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carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

  1. carbon paper

Romanian edit

 carbon on Romanian Wikipedia
Chemical element
C
Previous: bor (B)
Next: azot (N)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (charcoal, coal), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (to burn). Doublet of cărbune.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /karˈbon/
  • Hyphenation: car‧bon

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carbon n (uncountable)

  1. carbon (chemical element)

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Scottish Gaelic edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin carbō, carbōnem.

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carbon m (genitive singular carboin, no plural)

  1. carbon (element)
    Synonym: gualan

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
carbon charbon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh edit

Chemical element
C
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English carbon, from French carbone from Latin carbō, carbōnem (charcoal, coal), from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (to burn).

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carbon m (plural carbonau)

  1. carbon
    Synonym: (obsolete) ulyfai

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
carbon garbon ngharbon charbon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “carbon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies