carbonate

From French carbonate. Equivalent of carbon +‎ -ate (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ic”).

Noun

• (UK) enPR: käʹbənət, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.nət/

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• (US) enPR: kärʹbənət, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹbənət/

Verb

• (UK) enPR: käʹbənāt, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.neɪt/

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• (US) enPR: kärʹbənāt, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/

carbonate (plural carbonates)

1. Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

carbonate (third-person singular simple present carbonates, present participle carbonating, simple past and past participle carbonated)

1. (transitive) To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.

• carbonate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From New Latin carbonatem, from Latin carbō (“charcoal, coal”).

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.bɔ.nat/

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carbonate m (plural carbonates)

1. carbonate

• “carbonate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

carbonate f pl

1. plural of carbonata

carbonate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of carbonar combined with te