giz

Betekenis (Engels)

chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)

Sinonieme

griz

Giz

xis

pedra calcária

Vertalings

craie

chalk

Kreide

κιμωλία

krijt

tiza

guix

krijtje

gessetto

gesso

τεμπεσίρι

تهباشیر

طبشورة

cretàceo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʒis/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Arabies: جِبْس

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْس (jibs, “gypsum”), from Latin gypsum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of gesso, which was inherited.