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carat

See also: carât

English

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Alternative forms

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  • (unit of purity): karat, k (North America)

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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carat (plural carats)

  1. A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls.
    Meronym: grain
  2. (historical) Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.
  3. 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

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  • metric carat (SI unit equal to 0.2 g exactly), quilate (historical Iberian and Latin American contexts)

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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carat m (plural carats)

  1. carat

Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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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

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carat m (plural caras or caraz)

  1. carat (measure of purity of gold)

Descendants

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  • → English: carat

References

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  1. ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (carat, supplement)

Middle Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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carat

  1. genitive singular/plural of cara (“friend; relative”)

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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carat

  1. genitive singular/dual/plural of cara

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French carat.

Noun

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carat n (plural carate)

  1. carat, karat

Declension

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Declension of carat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) carat caratul (niște) carate caratele
genitive/dative (unui) carat caratului (unor) carate caratelor
vocative caratule caratelor
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