Image:Chalk.jpg|thumb|right|Colorful chalk used for writing or drawing.
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English
Alternative spellings
chaulk (Commonwealth)
Etymology
Old English cealc, borrowed from L. calx#Latin|calx, limestone, borrowed from Gr. �άλιξ, pebble.
Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: chôk
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Noun
chalk (uncountable and countable; plural chalks)
- uncountable A soft, white, powdery limestone.
- countable A piece of chalk, or, more often, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.
- Tailor's chalk.
- uncountable (climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing.
- US,military,countable A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers
wikipedia|chalk (military)
Translations
trans-top|a soft, white, powdery limestone
Bosnian: t-|bs|kreda|f
Chinese: ç�½å �, ç�½å�© (bái è)
Czech: t-|cs|kÅ�Ãda|f
Dutch: t+|nl|krijt|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|kreto|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: liitukivi
French: t+|fr|craie|f
German: t+|de|Kreide|f
Greek: κ�η�ίδα [kri�tiða] f
Icelandic: krÃtarsteinn m
Irish: t-|ga|cailc|f|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|gesso|m, t+|it|creta|f
Japanese: �� (���, hakua)
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Kurdish:
Portuguese: t+|pt|cal|f
Polish: t+|pl|kreda|f
Russian: мел (m�l) m
Serbian
Slovene: t+|sl|kreda|f
Spanish: t-|es|creta|f
Telugu: స�ద�ద (sudda)
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trans-top|a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard
Bosnian: t-|bs|kreda|f
Catalan: guix m
Chinese: ç²�ç�, ç²�ç¬� (fÄ�n bÇ�)
Czech: t-|cs|kÅ�Ãda|f
Dutch: krijt n, krijtje n
Esperanto: t-|eo|kreto|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|liitu
French: t+|fr|craie|f
German: t+|de|Kreide|f
Greek: κιμ�λία [cimo��li�a] f, �εμ�ε�ί�ι [�te�(m)be��siri] (from Turkish tebe�ir) n
Hebrew: ��ר (gyr) m
Icelandic: t-|is|krÃt|f
Irish: t-|ga|cailc|f|xs=Irish
Italian: gessetto m
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Japanese: ���� (ch�ku)
Korean: t-|ko|��|sc=Hang
Kurdish:
Latvian: krīts m
Polish: t+|pl|kreda|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|giz|m
Russian: мел (m�l) m
Serbian
Slovene: t+|sl|kreda|f
Spanish: tiza f, gis m italbrac|Mexico
Telugu: స�ద�దమ���� (suddamukka)
Turkish: t+|tr|tebe�ir
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trans-top|tailor's chalk
Chinese: ��, �� (f�n pià n)
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trans-top|… prevent from falling when climbing
Catalan: magnèsia f
Finnish: t-|fi|liitu, t+|fi|magnesium
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Polish: magnezja f
Turkish: t+|tr|magnezyum
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ttbc|Arabic: طبش�رة
ttbc|Breton: kleiz m (1, 2)
ttbc|Indonesian: kapur tulis
ttbc|Isthmus Zapotec: yuya
ttbc|Latin: calx#Latin|calx f
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|Ú¯Ú� (gac)
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Verb
en-verb
- To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiards cue
- To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
- To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
- figuratively To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
Derived terms
chalk up to
chalky
Related terms
calcium
calx
chalkboard
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