carat

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from +. .

Noun

 * 1) A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls.
 * 2)  Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.
 * 3) A 24-point scale used to measure the purity of gold.
 * 1) A 24-point scale used to measure the purity of gold.

Translations

 * Arabic: قِيرَاط
 * Hijazi Arabic: قِيراط
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: karato
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: quilate
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קראט
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: カラット
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 캐럿
 * Maltese: karat
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: karát
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: кара́т
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: karato
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: quilate
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קראט
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: カラット
 * Korean: 캐럿
 * Maltese: karat
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: karát
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: кара́т
 * Vietnamese: ca ra,, cara

Etymology
First known attestation in 1360 in the plural as. Attested in the singular as at least as early as 1433. Spellings with an initial c- first attested 1367.

Noun

 * 1)  (measure of purity of gold)

Etymology
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Noun

 * , karat