Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκεράτιον“hornlet, carob seed”
- Arabicقِيرَاط“carat, similarly small units such as inches”
- Italiancarato
- Middle Frenchcarat
- Englishcarat
From Middle French carat, from Italian carato, from Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ, “carat, similarly small units such as inches”), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion, “hornlet, carob seed”), from κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix). Doublet of quilate and keratin.
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Arabic قِيرَاط, قِيرَاط
- قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ)mass
- قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ)measure of the purity of gold
Bulgarian карат, карат
- карат (karat)mass
- карат (karat)measure of the purity of gold
Catalan quirat, quirat
- quiratmass
- quiratmeasure of the purity of gold
Chinese Mandarin 克拉, 克拉
- 克拉 (kèlā)mass
- 克拉 (kèlā)measure of the purity of gold
Czech karát, karát
- karátmass
- karátmeasure of the purity of gold
Dutch karaat, karaat
- karaatmass
- karaatmeasure of the purity of gold
Esperanto karato, karato
- karatomass
- karatomeasure of the purity of gold
Finnish karaatti, karaatti
- karaattimass
- karaattimeasure of the purity of gold
French carat, carat
- caratmass
- caratmeasure of the purity of gold
German Karat, Karat
- Karatmass
- Karatmeasure of the purity of gold
Greek καράτι, καράτι
- καράτι (karáti)mass
- καράτι (karáti)measure of the purity of gold
Hebrew קראט, קראט
- קראט (qarat')mass
- קראט (qarat')measure of the purity of gold
Hungarian karát, karát
- karátmass
- karátmeasure of the purity of gold
Indonesian karat, karat
- karatmass
- karatmeasure of the purity of gold
Italian carato, carato
- caratomass
- caratomeasure of the purity of gold
Japanese カラット, カラット
- カラット (karatto)mass
- カラット (karatto)measure of the purity of gold
Korean 캐럿, 캐럿
- 캐럿 (kaereot)mass
- 캐럿 (kaereot)measure of the purity of gold
Persian قیراط
- قیراط (qirât)mass
Polish karat, karat
- karatmass
- karatmeasure of the purity of gold
Portuguese quilate, quilate
- quilatemass
- quilatemeasure of the purity of gold
Russian кара́т, кара́т
- кара́т (karát)mass
- кара́т (karát)measure of the purity of gold
Slovak karát, karát
- karátmass
- karátmeasure of the purity of gold
Spanish quilate, quilate
- quilatemass
- quilatemeasure of the purity of gold
Swahili karati
- karatimass
Swedish karat, karat
- karatmass
- karatmeasure of the purity of gold
Tagalog kilatis
- kilatismeasure of the purity of gold
Thai กะรัต, กะรัต
- กะรัต (gà-ràt)mass
- กะรัตmeasure of the purity of gold
Turkish karat, ayar
- karatmass
- ayarmeasure of the purity of gold
Ukrainian кара́т
- кара́т (karát)measure of the purity of gold
Vietnamese ca ra, cà rá
- ca rameasure of the purity of gold
- cà rámeasure of the purity of gold
- carameasure of the purity of gold
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
carat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carat
“carat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carat.
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