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    <title>carbon</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{also|Carbón}}
==English==
{{elements|C|boron|B|nitrogen|N}}

===Etymology===
from {{etyl|la}} [[carbo]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-carbon.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|ɑː(r)bən}}

===Noun===
{{wikipedia}}
{{en-noun|s|-}}

# {{uncountable}} The chemical element (''symbol'' [[C]]) with an [[atomic number]] of 6.
# {{context|countable|informal}} A sheet of [[carbon paper]].
#: ''Make sure the '''carbon''' is facing the second sheet of paper, before rolling it into the typewriter.''
# {{context|countable|informal}} A [[carbon copy]].
# A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as [[coal]] or [[charcoal]].
# {{context|ecology|uncountable}} [[carbon dioxide|Carbon dioxide]], in the context of [[global warming]] and [[climate change]].

====Derived terms====
{{top2}}
* [[activated carbon]]
* [[beta carbon nitride]]
* [[carb-]], [[carbo-]]
* [[carbinol]]
* [[carbinyl]]
* [[carbon-12]]
* [[carbon-13]]
* [[carbon-14]]
* [[carbon anhydride]]
* [[carbon arc]]
* [[carbon audit]]
* [[carbon-based]]
* [[carbon bisulfide]], [[carbon bisulphide]]
* [[carbon black]]
* [[carbon copy]]
* [[carbon-copy]]
* [[carbon cycle]]
* [[carbon dating]]
* [[carbon debt]]
* [[carbon dioxide]]
* [[carbon disulfide]], [[carbon disulphide]]
* [[carbon emissions trading]]
* [[carbon fiber]], [[carbon fibre]]
* [[carbon fixation]]
* [[carbon footprint]]
* [[carbon group]]
* [[carbonic]]
* [[carbonise]], [[carbonize]]
* [[carbonite]]
* [[carbonless]]
* [[carbon literacy]]
* [[carbon market]]
* [[carbon microphone]]
* [[carbon monoxide]]
* [[carbon nanofiber]]
* [[carbon nanofoam]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[carbon nanotube]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[carbon-neutral]]
{{mid2}}
* [[carbon-nitrogen cycle]]
* [[carbon offset]]
* [[carbonometer]]
* [[carbonous]]
* [[carbon oxide]]
* [[carbon oxychloride]]
* [[carbon oxysulfide]], [[carbon oxysulphide]]
* [[carbon paper]]
* [[carbon printing]]
* [[carbon process]]
* [[carbon resistor]]
* [[carbon sequestering]]
* [[carbon star]]
* [[carbon steel]]
* [[carbon suboxide]]
* [[carbon tax]]
* [[carbon tetrabromide]]
* [[carbon tetrachloride]]
* [[carbon tetrafluoride]]
* [[carbon tetraiodide]]
* [[carbon trade]]
* [[carbon transmitter]]
* [[carbonyl]]
* [[Carborundum]]&amp;reg;
* [[carboxyl]]
* [[carburet]]
* [[chlorocarbon]]
* [[chlorofluorocarbon]]
* [[chromo-carbon]]
* [[ferrocarbon]]
* [[fluorocarbon]]
* [[fluorochlorohydrocarbon]]
* [[glassy carbon]]
* [[halocarbon]]
* [[hydrocarbon]]
* [[sulfide of carbon]], [[sulphide of carbon]]
* [[radiocarbon]]
{{bottom}}

====Related terms====
* [[carbonaceous]]
* [[carbonade]]
* [[carbonado]]
* [[w:Carbonari|Carbonari]]
* [[carbonate]]
* [[carboniferous]]
* [[carbonify]]
* [[carbonigenous]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|chemical element}}
* [[Afrikaans]]: {{t-|af|koolstof|xs=Afrikaans}}
* Arabic: {{t-|ar|كربون|m|tr=karbūn|sc=Arab}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|ածխածին|tr=atsxatsin|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}}
* [[Asturian]]: {{t+|ast|carbonu|m|xs=Asturian}}
* [[Azeri]]: {{t-|az|karbon|xs=Azeri}}
* [[Banyumasan]]: {{tø|map-bms|karbon}}
* [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|karbonoa|xs=Basque}}
* Belarusian: {{t-|be|вуглярод|m|tr=vugljaród|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}}
* Bengali: {{t-|bn|কার্বন|sc=Beng|xs=Bengali}}
* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|ugljik|m}}, {{t-|bs|ugljenik|m}}, {{t-|bs|karbon}}
* [[Breton]]: [[karbon]] {{m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t-|bg|въглерод|m|tr=vəgleród|sc=Cyrl}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t-|ca|carboni|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|碳|tr=tàn|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}
*: [[Wu]]: {{tø|wuu|碳}}
* [[Corsican]]: {{t-|co|carboniu|xs=Corsican}}
* Croatian: {{t-|hr|ugljik|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|uhlík|m}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|carbon}}, {{t-|da|karbon}}, {{t-|da|kulstof|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|koolstof|n}}
* [[Erzya]]: {{tø|myv|седь|tr=sedj}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|karbono|xs=Esperanto}}
* Estonian: {{t-|et|süsinik}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiili}}
* [[Flemish]]: {{tø|vls|carboun}}
* French: {{t+|fr|carbone|m}}
* [[Friulian]]: {{tø|fur|carboni}}
* [[Galician]]: {{t+|gl|carbono|m|xs=Galician}}
* Georgian: [[ნახშირბადი]] (naxširbadi)
* German: {{t+|de|Kohlenstoff|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άνθρακας|m|tr=ánthrakas|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|κάρβουνο|n|tr=kárvuno|sc=Grek}} ''(rare)''
* [[Gujarati]]: {{t-|gu|કાર્બન|tr=kārban|xs=Gujarati}}
* [[Haitian Creole]]: {{tø|ht|kabòn}}
* Hawaiian: {{tø|haw|kalepona}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|פחמן|tr=pakhman|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{t-|hi|कार्बन|tr=kārban|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szén}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|kolefni}}
* [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|karbo|xs=Ido}}
* Indonesian: {{t-|id|karbon|xs=Indonesian}}
* [[Interlingua]]: {{t-|ia|carbon|xs=Interlingua}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|carbón|xs=Irish}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|carbonio|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|炭素|tr=たんそ, tanso|sc=Jpan}}
* [[Javanese]]: {{t-|jv|karbon|xs=Javanese}}
* [[Kannada]]: {{t-|kn|ಇಂಗಾಲ|xs=Kannada}}
* Kazakh: {{Cyrl|[[көмиртек]]}} (kömirtek)
* Korean: {{t+|ko|탄소|tr=炭素, tanso|sc=Hang}}
* Kurdish: {{t+|ku|karbon}}
* [[Kölsch]]: {{tø|ksh|Kohlenstoff|m}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|carbonium}}
* Latvian: {{t-|lv|ogleklis|m|xs=Latvian}}
* [[Limburgish]]: {{t-|li|koolstof|xs=Limburgish}}
{{trans-mid}}
* [[Lingala]]: {{t-|ln|kaboni|xs=Lingala}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|anglis|xs=Lithuanian}}
* [[Lojban]]: {{t-|jbo|tabno|xs=Lojban}}
* [[Lombard]]: {{tø|lmo|carbòni}}
* [[Low Saxon]]: {{t-|nds|kohlenstoff|xs=Low Saxon}}
* Luhya: {{tø|luy|ekaboni}}
* [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t-|lb|Kuelestoff|m|xs=Luxembourgish}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|јаглерод|tr=jáglerod|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}
* Malay: {{t-|ms|karbon|xs=Malay}}
* [[Malayalam]]: {{t-|ml|കാര്‍ബണ്‍|xs=Malayalam}}
* Maltese: {{t+|mt|karbonju|xs=Maltese}}
* [[Manx]]: {{t-|gv|carboan|xs=Manx}}
* Maori: {{t-|mi|waro|xs=Maori}}
* [[Marathi]]: {{t-|mr|कार्बन|tr=karba|sc=Deva|xs=Marathi}}
* Mongolian: {{t-|mn|нүүрстөрөгч|tr=nüürstörögč|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
* [[Nahuatl]]: {{t-|nah|tecolli|xs=Nahuatl}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|karbon|n}}
*: [[Nynorsk]]: {{t-|nn|karbon|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}}
* [[Novial]]: {{tø|nov|karbo}}
* [[Occitan]]: {{t-|oc|carbòni|xs=Occitan}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کربن|tr=karbon|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|węgiel|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|carbono|m}}
* [[Punjabi]]: {{t-|pa|ਕਾਰਬਨ|kārabana|xs=Punjabi}}
* [[Quechua]]: {{t-|qu|k'illimsayaq|xs=Quechua}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|carbon|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|углерод|m|tr=ugleród|sc=Cyrl}}
* [[Samogitian]]: {{tø|bat-smg|onglis}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|gualan|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t-|sr|угљеник|m|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t-|sr|ugljenik|m}}
* [[Sicilian]]: {{t-|scn|carbòniu|xs=Sicilian}}
* Slovak: {{t-|sk|uhlík}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|ogljik|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|carbono|m}}
* [[Sundanese]]: {{t-|su|karbon|xs=Sundanese}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kaboni|xs=Swahili}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kol|n}}
* Swiss German: {{tø|gsw|Kohlenstoff|m|xs=Alemannic German}}
* [[Tagalog]]: {{t-|tl|karbon|xs=Tagalog}}
* [[Tajik]]: {{t-|tg|карбон|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik}}
* [[Tamil]]: {{t-|ta|கரிமம்|tr=karimam|xs=Tamil}}
* [[Telugu]]: {{t+|te|కార్బన్|tr=karbanam|sc=Telu}}
* Thai: {{t-|th|คาร์บอน|tr=khārbon|sc=Thai|xs=Thai}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|karbon}}
* Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|вуглець|tr=vuhlets’|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
* [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t-|hsb|wuhlik|xs=Upper Sorbian}}
* Uzbek: {{t-|uz|uglerod|tr=uglerod|sc=Cyrl|xs=Uzbek}}
* Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|cacbon|xs=Vietnamese}}
* [[Walloon]]: {{t+|wa|carbone|xs=Walloon}}
* Welsh: {{t-|cy|carbon|xs=Welsh}}
* [[West Frisian]]: [[koalstof]]
* Yiddish: {{t-|yi|קוילנשטאף|m|tr=koilenshtof|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}}
{{trans-bottom}}

&lt;!--Add INFORMAL terms here, where these exist--&gt;
{{trans-top|informal: a sheet of carbon paper}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[paper carbó]] {{m}} &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Czech: {{t-|cs|kopírák|m}}
* Finnish: [[kalkkeripaperi]] &lt;!--Is informal--&gt;
* Greek: {{t+|el|καρμπόν|n|tr=karbón|sc=Grek}}
* Icelandic: [[kolefnis pappír]]
* Norwegian: [[blåpapir]] {{n}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: [[papel-carbono]] {{m}} &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Spanish: [[papel carbón]] {{m}} &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Swedish: [[karbonpapper]] {{n}} &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* [[Tamil]]: [[கரிமக் காகிதம்]] (karimak kaagitham)
* [[Telugu]]: [[అచ్చు కాగితం]] (achchu kaagitam)
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|giấy than|xs=Vietnamese}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|informal: carbon copy}}
&lt;!--Add INFORMAL terms here, where these exist--&gt;
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|копие|n|tr=kopie|sc=Cyrl}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[còpia]] en [[paper carbó]] {{f}} &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Danish: [[gennemslagskopi]] {{c}} &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Dutch: [[doorslag]] {{m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kopsu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|carbone|m}}
* Greek: [[αντίγραφο από καρμπόν]] (a[n]dígrafo apó karbón), [[αντίγραφο με καρμπόν]] (a[n]dígrafo me karbón), [[καρμπόν]] (karbón) {{n}}
* [[Interlingua]]: copia al [[papiro carbon]]
* Japanese: [[カーボンコピー]] (kābon-kopii)
{{trans-mid}}
* Korean: [[카아본지]] (kaabonji)
* Norwegian: [[blåkopi]] {{m}}
* Polish: {{t-|pl|kalka|f}}
* Portuguese: [[carbono]] {{m}}, cópia a [[papel-carbono]] &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Romanian: [[copie la indigo]], [[copi cu indigoul]] &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Russian: {{t|ru|копировальная бумага|f|tr=kopirovál’naja bumága|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|копирка|f|tr=kopírka|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: copia con [[papel carbón]] &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Swedish: [[genomslagskopia]] {{c}} &lt;!--Doesn't look INFORMAL--&gt;
* Vietnamese: [[bản sao]] ([[bằng]] [[giấy than]])
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|impure carbon (''e.g., coal, charcoal'')}}
* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|ugalj|m}}, {{t-|bs|ćumur|m}}
* [[Breton]]: [[glaou]] {{m}}
* Bulgarian: [[въглен]] (vəglen) {{m}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[carbó]] {{m}}
* Chinese: [[煤]] (méi)
* Croatian: {{t+|hr|ugalj|m}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|uhlí|n}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|kul|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kool|m}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|süsi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiili}}
* French: {{t+|fr|charbon|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kohle|f}}
* Greek: [[γαιάνθρακας]] (yeánthrakas) {{m}}, [[λιθάνθρακας]] (lithánthrakas) {{m}}, [[πετροκάρβουνο]] (petrokárvuno) {{n}}, [[ξυλάνθρακας]] (ksilánthrakas) {{m}}, [[ξυλοκάρβουνο]] (ksilokárvuno) {{n}}, [[κάρβουνο]] (kárvuno) {{n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szén}}
* [[Interlingua]]: carbon
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: [[炭]] ([[すみ]], sumí), [[石炭]] (sekitán)
* Latin: [[carbo]] {{m}}
* Latvian: {{t-|lv|ogle|f|xs=Latvian}}
* Malay: {{t-|ms|arang|xs=Malay}}
* Norwegian: [[kull]] {{n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|węgiel|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|carvão|m}}
* Romanian: [[cărbune]]
* Russian: {{t+|ru|уголь|m|tr=úgol’|sc=Cyrl}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|gual|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: [[угаљ#Serbian|угаљ]] {{m}}, [[ћумур#Serbian|ћумур]] {{m}}
*: Roman: [[ugalj#Serbian|ugalj]] {{m}}, [[ćumur#Serbian|ćumur]] {{m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|carbón|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kol|n}}
* [[Tamil]]: [[கரி]] (kari)
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kömür}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|than|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t+|vi|than củi|xs=Vietnamese}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|ecology: carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|koolstofdioxide|m}}
* Estonian: [[süsinikdioksiid]], [[süsihappegaas]]
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiilidioksidi}}
* Greek: [[ξερός πάγος]] (kserós páɣos) (carbon dioxide snow) {{m}}
* Norwegian: [[kulldioksid]] {{m}}, [[kullsyre]] {{f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|двуокись углерода|f|tr=dvuókis’ ugleróda|sc=Cyrl}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|koldioxid}}
* Vietnamese: [[điôxít cacbon]], [[cacbon điôxít]], [[thán khí]], [[anhiđrít cacbonic]], [[khí cacbonic]]
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* {{ttbc|Albanian}}: {{t-|sq|karboni|xs=Albanian}} (found on Wikipedia) or is it [[karbon]]?
* {{ttbc|Cornish}}: carbon
* {{ttbc|Faroese}}: [[kolevni]]
{{checktrans-mid}}
* {{ttbc|Kashubian}}: [[wãdźel]]
{{checktrans-bottom}}

===See also===
* [[aggregated diamond nanorod]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[amorphous carbon]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[buckminsterfullerene]]
* [[ceraphite]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[chaoite]]
* [[charcoal]]
* [[coal]]&lt;!--a compound--&gt;
* [[diamond]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[fullerene]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[graphite]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[lamp black]]
* [[lead]]&lt;!--in pencils--&gt;
* [[lonsdaleite]]&lt;!--an allotrope--&gt;
* [[soot]]
* [[steel]]&lt;!--alloy--&gt;

===External links===
For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/be.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

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