carbonate

[noun kahr-buh-neyt, -nit; verb kahr-buh-neyt]

noun

a salt or ester of carbonic acid.

verb (used with object), car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing.

to form into a carbonate.
to charge or impregnate with carbon dioxide: carbonated drinks.
to make sprightly; enliven.

Origin of carbonate

1785–95; carbon(ic acid) + -ate², later taken as -ate¹

Related formscar·bon·a·tor, nounnon·car·bo·nate, nounnon·car·bo·nat·ed, adjectivesem·i·car·bon·ate, adjectiveun·car·bon·at·ed, adjective

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Contemporary Examples of carbonates

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It carbonates water for you, so you have club soda any time you want.
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Historical Examples of carbonates

Margarine and chlesterine, carbonates, sulphates, and ptomaines!
The Stark Munro Letters
J. Stark Munro
Silicates, carbonates, sulphides, and sulphates are the most abundant salts.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry
William McPherson
These ores may be divided into the oxides and the carbonates.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
Silver and carbonates were later found in the vicinity of Breckenridge.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28
Various
Carbonates of lime, of magnesia, and a trace of carbonate of iron.
Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871
Various

British Dictionary definitions for carbonates

carbonate

noun (ˈkɑːbəˌneɪt, -nɪt)

a salt or ester of carbonic acid. Carbonate salts contain the divalent ion CO 3 2–

verb (ˈkɑːbəˌneɪt)

to form or turn into a carbonate
(tr) to treat with carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, as in the manufacture of soft drinks

Word Origin for carbonate

C18: from French, from carbone carbon

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Word Origin and History for carbonates

carbonate

1805, "to form into a carbonate," from carbonate (n.) by influence of French carbonater "transform into a carbonate." Meaning "to impregnate with carbonic acid gas (i.e. carbon dioxide)" is from 1850s. Related: Carbonated; carbonating.

carbonate

1794, from French carbonate "salt of carbonic acid" (Lavoisier), from Modern Latin carbonatem "a carbonated (substance)," from Latin carbo (see carbon).

carbonates in Medicine

carbonate

[kär′bə-nāt′]

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

carbonates in Science

carbonate

[kär′bə-nāt′]

Noun

A salt or ester of carbonic acid, containing the group CO3. The reaction of carbonic acid with a metal results in a salt (such as sodium carbonate), and the reaction of carbonic acid with an organic compound results in an ester (such as diethyl carbonate).
Any other compound containing the group CO3. Carbonates include minerals such as calcite and aragonite.
Sediment or a sedimentary rock formed by the precipitation of organic or inorganic carbon from an aqueous solution of carbonates of calcium, magnesium, or iron. Limestone is a carbonate rock.

Verb

To add carbon dioxide to a substance, such as a beverage.