carbon

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English

Alternative forms

• carbone (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: kärʹbən, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.bən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbən/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bən

Noun

carbon (countable and uncountable, plural carbons)

2. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
3. (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

4. (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
5. (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
6. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
7. (ecology, uncountable) carbon dioxide, in the context of climate change.

   carbon neutral
8. A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
9. A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
10. (informal) Ellipsis of carbon fiber (reinforced polymer).

    carbon bike frame

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Bengali: কার্বন (karbon)
• → Malay: karbon
• → Navajo: káábin
• → Welsh: carbon

Translations

Verb

carbon (third-person singular simple present carbons, present participle carboning, simple past and past participle carboned)

1. (Internet, transitive, uncommon) To cause (someone) to receive a carbon copy of an email message.

   Synonyms: cc, copy

See also

Further reading

• carbon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carbon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Anagrams

• Branco, bancor, barcon, corban

Danish

Alternative forms

• karbon (rare, but now official)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɑːb̥ʌn]

Noun

carbon n (singular definite carbonet, not used in plural form)

1. (chemistry) carbon

   Synonym: kulstof

Usage notes

While kul (“coal”) is never used to refer to the element of carbon, it may sometimes replace it in names of derivations, such as kuldioxid/carbondioxid, kulsyre, kulilte/carbonmonoxid.

Declension

Further reading

• “carbon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Karbon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑrˈbɔn/
• Hyphenation: car‧bon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from French carbone, ultimately from Latin carbō. The sense “fibre-reinforced polymer” derived from English carbon.

Noun

carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

1. fibre-reinforced polymer
2. black diamond

Etymology 2

From carbonpapier.

Noun

carbon n (uncountable, diminutive carbonnetje n)

1. carbon paper

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Lavoisier, from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”). Doublet of cărbune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈbon/
• Hyphenation: car‧bon

Noun

carbon n (uncountable)

1. carbon (chemical element)

Declension

Further reading

• carbon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• càrbon

Etymology

From Latin carbō, carbōnem.

Noun

carbon m (genitive singular carboin, no plural)

1. carbon (element)

   Synonym: gualan

Derived terms

• carbon dà-ogsaid

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English carbon, from French carbone from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarbɔn/
• Rhymes: -arbɔn

Noun

carbon m (plural carbonau)

1. carbon

   Synonym: (obsolete) ulyfai

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “carbon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies