See also: Carbonate and carbonaté

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Etymology 1

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From French carbonate. Equivalent of carbon +‎ -ate (suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ic).

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carbonate (plural carbonates)

  1. Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.
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Etymology 2

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From carbon +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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carbonate (third-person singular simple present carbonates, present participle carbonating, simple past and past participle carbonated)

  1. (transitive) To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.
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French

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From New Latin carbonatem, from Latin carbō (charcoal, coal).

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carbonate m (plural carbonates)

  1. carbonate

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Italian

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carbonate f pl

  1. plural of carbonata

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carbonate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of carbonar combined with te
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