carbonic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/ rhotic
- (General-American) audio
- käbŏn'ĭk non-rhotic
- kärbŏn'ĭk rhotic
- /kɑːˈbɒnɪk/ non-rhotic
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English carbonic From carbon + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to carbon.
[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.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 144:
Deriveds
sulfocarbonic acid · sulphocarbonic acid · sulpho-carbonate · carbonic paper · sulfato-carbonate · carbonic snow · carbonic acid · polycarbonic · monocarbonic · hemicarbonic · carbonic anhydrase · radiocarbonic · thiocarbonic · carbonic anhydride · dicarbonic · carbonic oxide · chlorocarbonic acid
Translations (12)
el ανθρακικός (of or relating to carbon) · ca carbònic (of or relating to carbon) · pt carbônico (of or relating to carbon) · pt carbónico (of or relating to carbon) · gu કાર્બનિક (of or relating to carbon) · fr carbonique (of or relating to carbon) · eo karbonika (of or relating to carbon) · sk uholnatý (of or relating to carbon) · ro carbonic (of or relating to carbon) · it carbonico (of or relating to carbon) · sk uhličitý (of or relating to carbon) · ga carbónach (of or relating to carbon)