- carat, karat
- قِيراط (واحِدٌ من 24 جُزءًا) \ carat, karat.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
carat, karat
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karat — kar‧at [ˈkærət] an American spelling of carat * * * karat UK US /ˈkærət/ noun [C] MEASURES ► a unit used for measuring how pure gold is … Financial and business terms
Carat — or karat may refer to:In the gem business: * Carat (mass), a unit of mass for gemstones, equal to 0.2 gram * Carat (purity) or karat, a unit of purity for goldIn entertainment: * Carat (board game), an abstract tile based German style board game… … Wikipedia
Karat — Sn (eine Gewichtseinheit für Gold und Edelsteine) erw. fach. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. carat m., dieses aus it. carato m., aus arab. qīrāṭ, aus gr. kerátion (eigentlich Hörnchen ), einem Diminutivum zu gr. kéras ( ātos) Horn (Horn) … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
carat — car‧at [ˈkærət] noun [countable] 1. also karat a measurement used to show how pure gold is: • a 22 carat gold chain 2. a measurement equal to 200 Milligrams on the scale of measurement for the weight of jewels … Financial and business terms
karat — variant of CARAT (Cf. carat) (q.v.). In U.S., karat is used for proportion of fine gold in an alloy and carat for weight of a precious stone … Etymology dictionary
carat — [ kara ] n. m. • 1355; it. carato, ar. qîrât « petit poids »; gr. keration « tiers d obole » 1 ♦ Chaque vingt quatrième d or fin contenu dans une quantité d or. Or à dix huit carats. 2 ♦ Métrol. Unité de mesure de masse valant 0,2 gramme,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
carat, caret, carrot, karat — Carat refers to weight: The diamond weighed 1 carat. A caret is a mark: Use a caret to show the missing letter. A carrot is a vegetable beloved by rabbits and some people: A carrot may be edible if it is scraped. Karat is a variant spelling of… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Karat — n. the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18 karat gold is 75 2.122e 314old; 24 karat gold is pure gold. Syn: carat. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
karat-tree — (ˈkærəttriː) [f. carat + tree.] The Abyssinian Coral tree, Erythrina abyssinica (family Leguminosæ), with scarlet flowers, and seeds which have been supposed to be the original of the carat weight (Paxton Bot. Dict. 1868) … Useful english dictionary
karat — kȁrat m DEFINICIJA 1. mjerna jedinica za masu dragog kamenja (0,2 g) 2. jedinica udjela zlata u 24 dijelnoj slitini 3. pravn. pom. pov. idealni dio u imovini broda ETIMOLOGIJA njem. Karat ← fr. carat ← srlat. carratus ← arap. qīrāt: težina od 4… … Hrvatski jezični portal
carat — carat, caret Carat (AmE karat) is a measure of the purity of gold; caret is a mark (λ) for showing an insertion in printing or writing … Modern English usage
