acide carbonique

\a.sid kaʁ.bɔ.nik\

/\a.sid kaʁ.bɔ.nik\/ noun

The verdict

“acide carbonique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acide faible, très instable, de formule brute H₂CO₃, se formant par réaction entre l’eau et le dioxyde de carbone.

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Index FR-acide-carbonique · acide carbonique · French

acide carbonique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for acide carbonique
PropertyValue
Headwordacide carbonique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sid kaʁ.bɔ.nik\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « acide carbonique » en français

acide carboniquereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acide carbonique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sid kaʁ.bɔ.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acide faible, très instable, de formule brute H₂CO₃, se formant par réaction entre l’eau et le dioxyde de carbone.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for acide carbonique, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is acide carbonique, spelled A-C-I-D-E- -C-A-R-B-O-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acide faible, très instable, de formule brute H₂CO₃, se formant par réaction entre l’eau et le dioxyde de carbone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how acide carbonique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En 1833, Mlle Fischer, qui travaillait parfois la nuit quand elle avait beaucoup d'ouvrage, sentit, vers une heure du matin, une odeur d’acide carbonique, et entendit les plaintes d’un mourant.
  2. La chaux ne se rencontre jamais à l'état libre dans la nature. Elle est le plus souvent combinée avec l’acide carbonique, et forme un corps que les chimistes appellent carbonate de chaux et qui est le principal composant des pierres calcaires.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acide carbonique"?
"acide carbonique" is spelled A-C-I-D-E- -C-A-R-B-O-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sid kaʁ.bɔ.nik\.
What does "acide carbonique" mean?
As a noun, "acide carbonique" means: Acide faible, très instable, de formule brute H₂CO₃, se formant par réaction entre l’eau et le dioxyde de carbone.
How do you pronounce "acide carbonique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acide carbonique" is \a.sid kaʁ.bɔ.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acide carbonique" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list