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carbonic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • kärbŏn'ĭk rhotic
  • /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/ rhotic
  • käbŏn'ĭk non-rhotic
  • /kɑːˈbɒnɪk/ non-rhotic
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  • rhymes with -ɒnɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA0 R B AO1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to carbon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carbonaceous, carbonous, carboniferous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh3-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English carbonic From carbon + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: carbònic — of or relating to carbon
  • Esperanto: karbonika — of or relating to carbon
  • French: carbonique — of or relating to carbon
  • Greek: ανθρακικός (anthrakikós) — of or relating to carbon
  • Gujarati: કાર્બનિક (kārbanik) — of or relating to carbon
  • Irish: carbónach — of or relating to carbon
  • Italian: carbonico — of or relating to carbon
  • Portuguese: carbônico — of or relating to carbon
  • Portuguese: carbónico — of or relating to carbon
  • Romanian: carbonic — of or relating to carbon
  • Slovak: uholnatý — of or relating to carbon
  • Slovak: uhličitý — of or relating to carbon