carbonate

---

Etymology

From French carbonate.

Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: käʹbənət, IPA: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.nət/
• (America) enPR: kärʹbənət, IPA: /ˈkɑɹbənət/
• (British) enPR: käʹbənāt, IPA: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.neɪt/
• (America) enPR: kärʹbənāt, IPA: /ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/

Noun

carbonate (plural carbonates)

1. Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

Translations

• French: carbonate
• German: Karbonat
• Italian: carbonato
• Portuguese: carbonato
• Russian: карбона́т
• Spanish: carbonato

Verb

carbonate (carbonates, present participle carbonating; simple past and past participle carbonated)

1. (transitive) To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004