chalk

(Angielski)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
2. (countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
3. (countable, uncountable) Tailor's chalk.
4. (uncountable) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃).
5. (US, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
6. (US, countable, uncountable) The favorite in a sporting event.
7. (US, countable, uncountable) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.

Verb

1. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
2. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
3. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
4. (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
5. To manure (land) with chalk.
6. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/t͡ʃɔːk/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: chalk

In summary

From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.

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Synonimy

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charcoal

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Methedrine

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Tailor’s chalk

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mark

blaze

chaulk

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gypsum

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jot

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label

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