"karat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæɹ.ət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-karat.wav Forms: karats [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹət Etymology: From Middle English carat, from Middle French carat, from Medieval Latin carratus. Doublet of carat, ceratium, and quilate. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|carat}} Middle English carat, {{der|en|frm|carat}} Middle French carat, {{der|en|ML.|carratus}} Medieval Latin carratus, {{doublet|en|carat|ceratium|quilate}} Doublet of carat, ceratium, and quilate Head templates: {{en-noun}} karat (plural karats)
  1. (US) A unit of fineness or concentration of gold equalling 1/24 part of gold in an alloy. Wikipedia link: Carat (purity) Tags: US Categories (topical): Gold Synonyms: kt, carat [Commonwealth] Translations (unit of fineness of gold): قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ) (Arabic), قيراط (ʔerāṭ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), кара́т (karát) [masculine] (Belarusian), quirat [masculine] (Catalan), 克拉 (kèlā) (Chinese Mandarin), karaatti (Finnish), carat [masculine] (French), Karat [neuter] (German), καράτι (karáti) [neuter] (Greek), קרט (karát) [masculine] (Hebrew), カラット (karatto) (Japanese), ការ៉ាត់ (kaarat) (Khmer), 캐럿 (kaereot) (Korean), карат (karat) [masculine] (Kyrgyz), ка́рат (kárat) [masculine] (Macedonian), quilate [masculine] (Portuguese), кара́т (karát) [masculine] (Russian), karat [common-gender] (Swedish), kilatis (Tagalog), กะรัต (Thai), кара́т (karát) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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