carbonic

From carbon +‎ -ic.

• (rhotic) enPR: kärbŏn'ĭk, IPA^(key): /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/
• (non-rhotic) enPR: käbŏn'ĭk, IPA^(key): /kɑːˈbɒnɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
• Hyphenation: car‧bon‧ic

carbonic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to carbon.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 144:

     [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.

Borrowed from French carbonique.

• IPA^(key): /karˈbo.nik/

carbonic m or n (feminine singular carbonică, masculine plural carbonici, feminine and neuter plural carbonice)

1. carbonic