Carboniferous

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• UK: /ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfəɹəs/
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• homophone: carboniferous
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• rhymes with -ɪfəɹəs
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• homophone: Carboniferous
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 R B AH0 N IH1 F ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From carboniferous (“producing carbon”), from carbon + -i- + -ferous.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh3-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -ferous English carboniferous From carbon + -i- + -ferous.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: carbonífer — relating to the geologic period
• Dutch: carbonisch — relating to the geologic period
• Finnish: hiilikautinen — relating to the geologic period
• Finnish: kivihiilikautinen — relating to the geologic period
• French: carbonifère — relating to the geologic period
• German: karbonisch — relating to the geologic period
• Greek: λιθανθρακοφόρος (lithanthrakofóros) — relating to the geologic period
• Polish: karboński — relating to the geologic period
• Portuguese: carbonífero — relating to the geologic period
• Portuguese: carbónico — relating to the geologic period
• Portuguese: carbônico — relating to the geologic period
• Russian: каменноу́гольный (kamennoúgolʹnyj) — relating to the geologic period
• Spanish: carbonífero — relating to the geologic period
• Finnish: hiilipitoinen — containing or producing carbon
• Finnish: hiiltä tuottava — containing or producing carbon
• Greek: λιθανθρακοφόρος (lithanthrakofóros) — containing or producing carbon
• Irish: carbónmhar — containing or producing carbon
• Polish: węglonośny — containing or producing carbon
• Russian: каменноу́гольный (kamennoúgolʹnyj) — containing or producing carbon
• Spanish: carbonífero — containing or producing carbon
• Turkish: karbonlu — containing or producing carbon
• Chinese Mandarin: 石炭紀 /石炭纪 (Shítànjì) — the geologic period
• Czech: karbon — the geologic period
• Dutch: carboon — the geologic period
• Estonian: karbon — the geologic period
• Estonian: kivisöeajastu — the geologic period
• Finnish: hiilikausi — the geologic period
• Finnish: kivihiilikausi — the geologic period
• French: Carbonifère — the geologic period
• German: Karbon — the geologic period
• Greek: Λιθανθρακοφόρος (Lithanthrakofóros) — the geologic period
• Hungarian: karbon — the geologic period
• Japanese: 石炭紀 (Sekitan-ki) — the geologic period
• Latin: Carboniferum — the geologic period
• Mongolian: Карбоны галав (Karbony galav) — the geologic period
• Mongolian: Чулуун нүүрсний галав (Čuluun nüürsnii galav) — the geologic period
• Polish: karbon — the geologic period
• Russian: каменноу́гольный пери́од (kamennoúgolʹnyj períod) — the geologic period
• Spanish: carbonífero — the geologic period
• Swedish: karbon — the geologic period
• Swedish: stenkolsperioden — the geologic period
• Vietnamese: kỉ Các-bon — the geologic period
• Vietnamese: kỉ Than Đá — the geologic period