carbonate
verb
- add carbon dioxide (to beverages for bubbles)
noun
- salt or ester of carbonic acid
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.neɪt/ / /ˈkɑː(ɹ).bə.nət/ / /ˈkɑɹbəneɪt/
noun
Etymology: From French carbonate, equivalent of carbon + -ate (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ic”).
- Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.
“A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023.”
“McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English carbonate From carbon + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
- To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.