different between carbon vs carbone

English

Alternative forms

• carbone (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carb?, carb?nem (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: kär?b?n, IPA^(key): /?k??b?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??b?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?n

Noun

carbon (countable and uncountable, plural carbons)

2. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
3. (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

4. (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
5. (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
6. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
7. (ecology, uncountable) Carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming and climate change.
8. A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
9. A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
10. (informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer).

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

carbon (third-person singular simple present carbons, present participle carboning, simple past and past participle carboned)

1. (Internet, transitive, uncommon) To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.

   Synonyms: cc, copy

See also

Further reading

• carbon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carbon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Anagrams

• Branco, bancor, barcon, corban

Danish

Alternative forms

• karbon (rare, but now official)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k???b??n]

Noun

carbon n (singular definite carbonet, not used in plural form)

1. (chemistry) carbon

   Synonym: kulstof

Usage notes

While kul (“coal”) is never used to refer to the element of carbon, it may sometimes replace it in names of derivations, such as kuldioxid/carbondioxid, kulsyre, kulilte/carbonmonoxid.

Declension

Further reading

• “carbon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Karbon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r?b?n/
• Hyphenation: car?bon
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from French carbone, ultimately from Latin carb?. The sense “fibre-reinforced polymer” derived from English carbon.

Noun

carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

1. fibre-reinforced polymer
2. black diamond

Etymology 2

From carbonpapier.

Noun

carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

1. carbon paper

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Lavoisier, from Latin carb?, carb?nem (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”). Doublet of c?rbune, inherited from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar?bon/
• Hyphenation: car?bon

Noun

carbon n (uncountable)

1. carbon (chemical element)

Declension

References

• carbon in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• càrbon

Etymology

From Latin carb?, carb?nem.

Noun

carbon m (genitive singular carboin, no plural)

1. carbon (element)

   Synonym: gualan

Derived terms

• carbon dà-ogsaid

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English carbon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?karb?n/

Noun

carbon m (uncountable)

1. carbon

Synonyms

• (obsolete) ulyfai

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “carbon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Noun

carbone

1. Obsolete form of carbon.
   • 1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary (volume 2, page 279)

     The colour we now know to be owing to the influence of the oxygenous gas, and the darker colour of venal blood to carbone.

Verb

carbone (third-person singular simple present carbones, present participle carboning, simple past and past participle carboned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To broil.

   • We had a calf's head carboned.

Related terms

• carbonara

Anagrams

• baconer, neocarb

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carb?, carb?nem, coined by Antoine Lavoisier in 1789. Doublet of charbon, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?.b?n/

Noun

carbone m (uncountable)

1. carbon

Derived terms

Related terms

• charbon

Descendants

• ? English: carbon
• ? Spanish: carbono
  • ? Tagalog: karbono

Further reading

• “carbone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin carb?, carb?nem (“charcoal; coal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• carbóne
• IPA^(key): /kar?bo.ne/

Noun

carbone m (plural carboni)

1. coal
2. charcoal

Related terms

Anagrams

• barcone

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kar?bo?.ne/, [kär?bo?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar?bo.ne/, [k?r?b??n?]

Noun

carb?ne

1. ablative singular of carb?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka??bone/, [ka????o.ne]

Verb

carbone

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of carbonar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of carbonar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of carbonar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of carbonar.

Walloon

Noun

carbone m

1. carbon (chemical element)