carat
See also: carât
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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, diminutive suffix). Doublet of karat and quilate.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈkæɹ.ət/
- Homophones: karat, carrot; caret (weak vowel merger)
- Rhymes: -æɹət
Noun
editcarat (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)
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmass
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measure of the purity of gold
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Anagrams
editFrench
editNoun
editcarat m (plural carats)
Further reading
edit- “carat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFirst 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
editcarat 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcarat
Mutation
editMiddle 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. |
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcarat
Mutation
editOld 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
editEtymology
editNoun
editcarat n (plural carate)
Declension
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