Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbonate

/ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: car-bon-ate
IPA: /ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

verb

To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023."
"McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: carbonate

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/
British English: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.neɪt/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

carbonates (plural) carbonates (present, singular) carbonating (participle, present) carbonated (participle, past) carbonated (past)

Derived Forms

biscarbonate borocarbonate carbonatian carbonatic carbonatite carbonatization carbonatize carbonatogenesis carbonatogenic decacarbonate decarbonate dithiocarbonate

Phrases

carbonate-apatite carbonate ion carbonate of potash carbonate of potassa carbonate of potassium carbonate-orthopyroxenite carbonate strontianite ethylene carbonate

Questions

How do you pronounce carbonate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/.
What does carbonate mean?: Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.
Where does carbonate come from?: It is traced to French.

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