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polycarbonate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɒ.liˈkɑː.bə.neɪt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-nət/
  • General-American: /ˌpɑ.liˈkɑɹ.bə.neɪt/
  • General-American: /-nət/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)bəneɪt
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)bənət

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *kerh3-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English carbonate English polycarbonate From poly- + carbonate.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 聚碳酸酯 (jùtànsuānzhǐ) — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Czech: polykarbonát — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Dutch: polycarbonaat — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Finnish: polykarbonaatti — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • French: polycarbonate — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • German: Polykarbonat — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Italian: policarbonato — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Japanese: ポリカーボネート — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Portuguese: policarbonato — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Spanish: policarbonato — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Turkish: polikarbonat — polymer of aromatic carbonates
  • Ukrainian: полікарбона́т (polikarbonát) — polymer of aromatic carbonates