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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

Etymology

mine +? craft

Noun

minecraft (countable and uncountable, plural minecrafts)

1. A warship which lays naval mines; (collectively) ships which deal with naval mines.
   • 1962, Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operation in World War II, page 79:

     Each was marked by lighted dan buoys spaced at one-mile intervals, laid by Fairmile motor launches of the Royal Navy, which followed immediately behind the minecraft.

   • 1971, Bruce Bahrenburg, The Pacific: then and now, page 96:

     By the end of May 8 the Japanese had lost one light carrier, a destroyer and several minecrafts. One large carrier had to be retired from the battle and sent home for repairs. The U.S. losses included one destroyer and an oiler, ...

   • 2005, Norman Polmar, Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet (?ISBN), page 231:

     In reality, the ship was named (on 3 July 1990) along with several other MCMs to "commemorate the service of World War II minecraft that saw significant service."

   • 2005, Bill Pink, The first ten years, page 221:

     I had finally joined "the big boys" on a ship other than one called a craft . . . landing crafts or minecrafts. Now, after serving only 71 days, I was being booted off my first warship.