giz

Meaning

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

Concepts

chalk

chaulk

cheese

🧀

crayon

🖍️

limestone

piece of chalk

Tailor’s chalk

Synonyms

griz

Giz

xis

pedra calcária

Translations

craie

Kreide

κιμωλία

tiza

krijt

guix

gessetto

krijtje

τεμπεσίρι

gesso

طبشورة

creta

cretàceo

تهباشیر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʒis/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: جِبْس

In summary

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