different between carat vs caratage

English

Alternative forms

• (unit of purity): karat (North America)

Etymology

From Middle French carat, from Italian carato, from Arabic ???????? (q?r??, “carat”) (and meaning other small units as well, such as an inch), from Ancient Greek ???????? (kerátion, “carob seed”), diminutive form of ????? (kéras, “horn”). Doublet of karat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ?.?t/
• Homophones: karat, carrot
• (weak vowel merger) Homophone: caret

Noun

carat (plural carats)

1. A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
2. (historical) Any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
3. A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

Translations

Further reading

• carat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ATRAC, Carta

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)

1. carat (measure of purity of gold)

References

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kar?d/

Noun

carat

1. genitive singular/plural of cara (“friend; relative”)

Mutation

English

Etymology

carat +? -age

Noun

caratage (plural caratages)

1. The purity of gold jewellery (the fraction of pure gold).