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quilate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quilate
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.

Etymology

From Spanish and Portuguese quilate, from Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ, “carat”), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion, “hornlet, carob seed”). Doublet of carat and ceratium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *ḱerh₂-, -, quilate, قِيرَاط, κεράτιον

Inflected Forms

quilates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

grao (1⁄4 quilate) vintem (9⁄16 quilate) escropulo (6 quilates) oitava (18 quilates) onça (144 quilates)

Synonyms

carat in historical Iberian contexts

Questions

What does quilate mean?
Synonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.
Where does quilate come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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