How to pronounce carat
American English pronunciation
KAIR-ut
- IPA
- /ˈkɛɹət/
- Syllables
- KAIR · ut (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What carat means
A unit for weighing gems, equal to one fifth of a gram
In a sentence: The ring held a tiny sparkling diamond that weighed just half a carat.
Where it comes from: It came into English through Italian and Arabic from a Greek word for a carob seed, which grew out of a word meaning horn.
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