Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbonic

/kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: car-bon-ic
IPA: /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to carbon.

Example Sentences

"[I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English carbonic From carbon + -ic.

Derived Forms

dicarbonic hemicarbonic monocarbonic polycarbonic radiocarbonic thiocarbonic

Phrases

carbonic acid carbonic anhydrase carbonic anhydride carbonic oxide carbonic paper carbonic snow chlorocarbonic acid sulfato-carbonate

Synonyms

carbonaceous carbonous carboniferous

Rhymes With

bionic teutonic electronic chronic iconic sonic ironic tonic demonic harmonic ionic platonic

Questions

How do you pronounce carbonic?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/.
What does carbonic mean?: Of or relating to carbon.
Where does carbonic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English carbonic From carbon + -ic.

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