carat

English

Alternative forms

• (unit of purity): karat (North America)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkærət/, X-SAMPA: /"k{r@t/

Etymology

Middle French carat, from Italian carato, from Arabic قيراط (qirāṭ, “husk”), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (keration, “carob seed”), diminutive form of κέρας (keras, “horn”).

Noun

carat (plural carats)

1. A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
2. Formerly, any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
3. A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

Translations

weight

• Arabic: قيراط (qirāṭ) m
• Bulgarian: карат (bg) m (karat)
• Catalan: quirat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克拉 (cmn) (kèlā)

• Dutch: karaat (nl) n
• Finnish: karaatti (fi)
• French: carat (fr) m
• German: Karat (de) n

• Greek: καράτι (el) n (karáti)
• Hebrew: קראט (qarat') m
• Italian: carato (it) m
• Khmer: ការាត់ (km) (kaarat)
• Maltese: karat (mt)
• Polish: karat (pl) m
• Portuguese: quilate (pt) m
• Russian: карат (ru) (karát) m 
• Spanish: quilate (es) m

measure of the purity of gold

• Armenian: կարատ (hy) (karat) 
• Bulgarian: карат (bg) m (karat)
• Catalan: quirat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克拉 (cmn) (kèlā)

• Czech: karát (cs) m
• Dutch: karaat (nl) n
• Finnish: karaatti (fi)
• French: carat (fr) m

• German: Karat (de) n
• Greek: καράτι (el) n (karáti)
• Hebrew: קראט (qarat') m
• Italian: carato (it) m
• Maltese: karat (mt)
• Polish: karat (pl) m
• Portuguese: quilate (pt) m
• Russian: карат (ru) (karát) m 
• Spanish: quilate (es) m

External links

• Carat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia