carat
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See also: carât
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From 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, “forming diminutives”). Doublet of karat and quilate.
Pronunciation
Noun
carat (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
- metric carat (SI unit equal to 0.2 g exactly), quilate (historical Iberian and Latin American contexts)
Derived terms
Translations
mass
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measure of the purity of gold
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Anagrams
French
Noun
carat m (plural carats)
Further reading
- “carat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
First 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.
Noun
carat m (plural caras or caraz)
- carat (measure of purity of gold)
Descendants
- → English: carat
References
- ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (carat, supplement)
Middle Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
carat
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
Pronunciation
Noun
carat
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
Etymology
Noun
carat n (plural carate)