quilate

From Spanish and Portuguese quilate, from Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ, “carat”), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion, “hornlet, carob seed”). Doublet of carat and ceratium.

quilate (plural quilates)

1. (historical) Synonym of carat in historical Iberian contexts.

• (unit of mass): grao (¹⁄₄ quilate), vintem (⁹⁄₁₆ quilate), escropulo (6 quilates), oitava (18 quilates), onça (144 quilates)

• quirate

From Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion).

• IPA^(key): [kiˈlatɪ]

quilate m (plural quilates)

1. carat (unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams)
2. carat (measure of the purity of gold)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quilate”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• Hyphenation: qui‧la‧te

Borrowed from Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ),^[1] from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion).^[2] Cognate with Galician and Spanish quilate.

quilate m (plural quilates)

1. metric carat (unit of mass for precious stones and pearls, equal to 200 mg)
2. (historical) carat (traditional unit of mass for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to about 199 mg)
3. carat (24-part measure of the purity of gold)
4. (figurative) excellence, superlative quality

   poetas de quilate ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• (unit of mass): grão (¹⁄₄ quilate), vintém (⁵⁄₁₆ quilate), escrópulo (6 quilates), oitava (18 quilates), onça (144 quilates)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

quilate

1. inflection of quilatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /kiˈlate/ [kiˈla.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: qui‧la‧te

From Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion).

quilate m (plural quilates)

1. karat, carat

• → Basque: kilate
• → Tagalog: kilatis

quilate

1. inflection of quilatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “quilate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024