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carat

/ˈkeɹət/KEH-ruht
/ˈkɛɹət/KEH-ruht

Meaningsmall weight

Common meaning: a measure of gemstone weight or gold purity

Journey through time

  1. Arabicgirrdtsource
  2. Frenchcarat‘a carrat’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa carrat → a measure of gemstone weight or gold puritycarat‘a measure of gemstone weight or gold purity’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Arabic girrdt ‘small weight’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CARAT, p. 93 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • girrdt Arabic “small weight”

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