chalk

Etymology
From, , from , from , borrowed from , again borrowed from. and.

Noun

 * 1)   A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
 * 2)   A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO$4$), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
 * 3)  Tailor's chalk.
 * 4)   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)   A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
 * 6)   The favorite in a sporting event.
 * 7)   The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
 * 1)   A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
 * 2)   The favorite in a sporting event.
 * 3)   The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: طَبْشُورَة
 * Aragonese:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: xiz
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: аҡбур, бур
 * Basque: klera
 * Belarusian: крэ́йда, мел
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: krey
 * Corsican:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, krijtgesteente
 * Emilian:
 * Erzya: пор
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Extremaduran:
 * Faroese: krit
 * Finnish: liitukivi
 * French:
 * Friulian: ges
 * Galician:
 * Gallo:
 * Georgian: ცარცი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: γύψος
 * Greenlandic: allaat
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik:
 * Icelandic: krítarsteinn
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: mela
 * Irish: cailc
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: церд
 * Kamba: chokaa
 * Karakalpak:
 * Karelian: miela
 * Kashubian: kreda
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ដីស
 * Kikuyu: shokaa
 * Komi-Zyrian: мел
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: گەچ
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປູນ
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin: crēta
 * Latvian: krīts
 * Leonese:
 * Ligurian: tæra róssa
 * Lithuanian: kreida
 * Lombard: creia
 * Luhya: echokaa
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: креда, вар
 * Malay:
 * Manx: kelk
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: пор
 * Western Mari: пор
 * Meru: ckoka, choka
 * Mirandese:
 * Neapolitan: creta
 * Nepali: चूना
 * Norman: craie
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: krit
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ċealc
 * Oromo: boronqii
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Piedmontese: creja
 * Plautdietsch: Kjried
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnol:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samogitian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cailc
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кре́да, ва́пно
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: krieda
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: krida
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Tajik:, табошир,
 * Tarantino:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: หินดินสอพอง
 * Turkish:
 * Udi: мацӏикӏул
 * Udmurt: бур
 * Ukrainian: кре́йда
 * Urdu: کَھڑِیا, چاک
 * Uyghur: بور
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, đá phấn
 * Vilamovian: krajd
 * Võro: kriit'
 * Votic: melto
 * Welsh: sialc
 * Yiddish: קרײַד
 * Yoruba: ṣọ́ọ̀kì


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: طَبْشُورَة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: tiz, tiza, xiz
 * Azerbaijani: tabaşir,
 * Bashkir: аҡбур, бур
 * Basque: klera, klariona
 * Belarusian: крэ́йда, мел
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: пурӑ
 * Crimean Tatar: bor
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: krit
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ცარცი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Iban: chok
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: cailc
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kalmyk: церд
 * Kashubian: kreda
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ដីស
 * Komi-Zyrian: мел
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: تەباشیر, گەچ
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ສໍຂາວ
 * Latvian: krīts
 * Lithuanian: kreida
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: креда
 * Malay: kapur tulis,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tioka
 * Marathi:
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: пор
 * Western Mari: пор
 * Moksha: пур
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Navajo: dleesh, bee naʼadzooí
 * Nepali: ,
 * Norman: craie
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: krit
 * Occitan:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnol:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cailc
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кре́да
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: krieda
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: krida
 * Spanish:, ,  ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Tajik:, табошир,
 * Tatar: ,
 * Telugu: సుద్దముక్క
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: hek, mel
 * Udi: кӏавучӏ, мацӏикӏул
 * Udmurt: бур
 * Ukrainian: кре́йда
 * Urdu: چاک
 * Uyghur: بور
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, phấn viết, phấn viết bảng
 * Vilamovian: krajd
 * Welsh: sialc
 * Yakut: миэл
 * Yiddish: קרײַד
 * Yoruba: ṣọ́ọ̀kì


 * Catalan: magnèsia
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Magnesiapulver
 * Icelandic: magnesíum
 * Polish: magnezja
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic:
 * Breton: (1, 2)
 * Isthmus Zapotec:
 * Latin:
 * Persian:

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)  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.
 * 1) To manure (land) with chalk.
 * 2) To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
 * 1) To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
 * 1) To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

Etymology
From, from.