different between carbohydrate vs carbo

English

Etymology

From their general formula C_n(H₂O)_n; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??b???ha?d?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k???bo??ha?d?e?t/

Noun

carbohydrate (plural carbohydrates)

1. (organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.

   Synonyms: (informal) carb, saccharide; see also Thesaurus:carbohydrate
2. (colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• carbohydrate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

carbo (plural carbos)

1. (informal) carbohydrate

Anagrams

• Barco, COBRA, CORBA, carob, coarb, cobra

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kerh?- (“to burn”), see also Old English heorþ (“hearth”), Old Norse hyrr (“fire”), Gothic ???????????????????? (hauri, “coal”), Old High German harsta (“roasting”), Russian ?????? (kurit?, “to smoke, burn, fumigate”) and ????? (ceren, “brazier”), Old Church Slavonic ????? (kurjo, “to smoke”) and ????? (krada, “hearth, fireplace”), Lithuanian kuriu (“to heat”), karštas (“hot”) and krosnis (“oven”), Sanskrit ????? (k???a, “burnt, black”) and ?????? (k??ayati, “singes”), Latin crem?re (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kar.bo?/, [?kärbo?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kar.bo/, [?k?rb?]

Noun

carb? m (genitive carb?nis); third declension

1. charcoal, coal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• carb?n?rius
• carb?n?sc?
• carbunculus

Related terms

• carbuncul?ti?
• carbuncul?
• carbuncul?sus

Descendants

References

• carbo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• carbo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• carbo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• carbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• carbo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• carbo in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray