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Meaning of carbonic acid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A weak unstable acid, H₂CO₃, known only in solution, and as carbonate salts; it is present in carbonated drinks, and sparkling wine, but decomposes to form carbon dioxide and water.
uncountable
Carbon dioxide.
obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Català àcid carbònic

Čeština kyselina uhličitá

Dansk kulsyre

Deutsch Kohlensäure

Ελληνικά ανθρακικό ανθρακικό οξύ

Esperanto karbonata acido karbonika acido

Español ácido carbónico

Eesti süsihape

Suomi hiilihappo

Français acide carbonique

Gaeilge aigéad carbónach

Galego ácido carbónico

ગુજરાતી અંગારકામ્લ

Magyar szénsav

Հայերեն ածխաթթու

Íslenska kolsýra

Italiano acido carbonico

日本語炭酸

한국어 탄산

Bahasa Melayu asid karbonik

Nederlands diwaterstofcarbonaat koolzuur

Polski kwas węglowy

Português ácido carbônico

Română acid carbonic

Русский углекислота угольная кислота

Svenska kolsyra

ไทย กรดคาร์บอนิก

Türkçe karbonik asit

Examples

“Had she lived now, she would have ⟳ talked of the last ⟳ delightful lecture ⟳ on gas, or the charming new treatise on carbonic acid; she would have ⟳ studied German, and delighted in the society of "talented people."”

“[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.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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