giz

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

gesso

gessetto

cretàceo

cereta

calcare

calcare fine

creta

sinonimi

griz

Giz

xis

pedra calcária

Traduzioni

craie

Kreide

chalk

tiza

krijt

κιμωλία

guix

krijtje

τεμπεσίρι

creta

طبشورة

chaulk

تهباشیر

tebeşir

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈʒis/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Preso in prestito da arabo: جِبْس

In summary

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