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carat
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)
- A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
- (historical) Any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
- 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)
- carat (measure of purity of gold)
References
Middle Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kar?d/
Noun
carat
- genitive singular/plural of cara (“friend; relative”)
Mutation
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curat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kj????t/
Noun
curat (plural curats)
- (obsolete) A cuirass or breastplate.
Anagrams
- turca
Aromanian
Etymology
From the past participle of cur or possibly Latin c?r?tus. Compare Daco-Romanian curat.
Adjective
curat m (feminine curatã)
(masculine singular past passive participle of cur used as an adjective)
- cleaned
- clean
- Synonyms: albu, chischin, pãstrit, spastru, spilat
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin c?r?tus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ku??at/
- Rhymes: -at
Verb
curat m (feminine curada, masculine plural curats, feminine plural curades)
- past participle of curar
Latin
Verb
c?rat
- third-person singular present active indicative of c?r?
Romanian
Etymology
From cura or Latin cur?tus, past participle of c?r? (“take care”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?rat/
Adjective
curat m or n (feminine singular curat?, masculine plural cura?i, feminine and neuter plural curate)
- clean
- Antonym: murdar
Declension
Derived terms
- cur??a
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