Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to carbon.
[I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 144
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
- Latincarbōnem
- Frenchcarbone
- Englishcarbon
- Englishcarbonic
Translations
Catalan carbònic
- carbònicof or relating to carbon
Esperanto karbonika
- karbonikaof or relating to carbon
French carbonique
- carboniqueof or relating to carbon
Greek ανθρακικός
- ανθρακικός (anthrakikós)of or relating to carbon
Irish carbónach
- carbónachof or relating to carbon
Italian carbonico
- carbonicoof or relating to carbon
Portuguese carbônico, carbónico
- carbônicoof or relating to carbon
- carbónicoof or relating to carbon
Romanian carbonic
- carbonicof or relating to carbon
Slovak uholnatý, uhličitý
- uholnatýof or relating to carbon
- uhličitýof or relating to carbon
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with carbonic
Cite this entry
carbonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbonic
“carbonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbonic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carbonic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbonic.
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