noncarbonate
|non/car/bon/ate|
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/nɑnˈkɑrbəneɪt/
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/nɒnˈkɑːbəneɪt/
not a carbonate
Etymology
'noncarbonate' is a Modern English compound formed from the negative prefix 'non-' (meaning 'not') + 'carbonate' (a salt or ester of carbonic acid).
'carbonate' entered English via French 'carbonate' and Medieval Latin 'carbonatus', ultimately from Latin 'carbo' meaning 'coal' or 'carbon'; the productive English prefix 'non-' (from Latin 'non') combined with 'carbonate' in Modern English to form 'noncarbonate'.
The element 'carbonate' originally referred to salts of carbonic acid; the compound 'noncarbonate' has been used in technical contexts to mean simply 'not a carbonate' and has retained that literal negative meaning.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a substance or material that is not a carbonate (a noncarbonate material).
The laboratory separated carbonates from noncarbonates for further analysis.
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Adjective 1
not a carbonate; not containing carbonate ions or carbonate minerals (used especially in geology/chemistry to describe materials that lack carbonate components).
The rock sample was noncarbonate in composition, indicating a lack of carbonate minerals.
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Last updated: 2026/01/14 06:05