carbonic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?

Latin carbōlbor.

French carbonebor.

English carbon

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English carbonic

From carbon + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) enPR: kärbŏn'ĭk, IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/
• (non-rhotic) enPR: käbŏn'ĭk, IPA^(key): /kɑːˈbɒnɪk/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
• Hyphenation: car‧bon‧ic

Adjective

carbonic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to carbon.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 144:

     [I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.

Derived terms

• carbonic acid
• carbonic anhydrase
• carbonic anhydride
• carbonic oxide
• carbonic paper
• carbonic snow
• chlorocarbonic acid
• dicarbonic
• hemicarbonic
• monocarbonic
• polycarbonic
• radiocarbonic
• sulfato-carbonate, sulpho-carbonate
• sulfocarbonic acid, sulphocarbonic acid
• thiocarbonic

Translations

of or relating to carbon

• Catalan: carbònic
• Esperanto: karbonika
• French: carbonique (fr)
• Greek: ανθρακικός (el) (anthrakikós)
• Gujarati: કાર્બનિક (kārbanik)
• Irish: carbónach
• Italian: carbonico (it)
• Portuguese: carbônico (Brazil), carbónico (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: carbonic (ro)
• Slovak: uholnatý, uhličitý

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carbonique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈbo.nik/

Adjective

carbonic m or n (feminine singular carbonică, masculine plural carbonici, feminine/neuter plural carbonice)

1. carbonic

Declension

Declension of carbonic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	carbonic		carbonică	carbonici	carbonice
	definite	carbonicul		carbonica	carbonicii	carbonicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	carbonic		carbonice	carbonici	carbonice
	definite	carbonicului		carbonicei	carbonicilor	carbonicelor