gypsum

English

Gypsum

Etymology

Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος.

Noun

gypsum (plural gypsums)

1. A mineral consisting of the hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris.

Derived terms

• gypsum board (panels)
• gyprock
• gypsic

Translations

mineral

• Catalan: guix (ca) m
• Czech: sádrovec (cs) m
• Dutch: gips (nl) n
• Esperanto: gipso (eo)
• Estonian: kips (et)
• Finnish: kipsi (fi)
• French: gypse (fr) m
• Galician: xeso (gl) m
• German: Gips (de)
• Greek: γύψος (el) (gýpsos) m 
• Hindi: हरसौंठ (hi) (harasaunth)
• Hungarian: gipsz (hu)
• Icelandic: gifs (is) n

• Italian: gesso (it) m
• Japanese: 石膏 (ja) (せっこう, sekkō)
• Navajo: łeezh łigaaí
• Norwegian: gips (no) m
• Persian: گچ (gac)
• Polish: gips (pl) m
• Portuguese: gipsita (pt) f
• Russian: гипс (ru) (gips) m 
• Spanish: yeso (es) m
• Swedish: gips (sv) c
• Tamil: உறைகளிக்கல் (ta)
• Turkish: alçı (tr)

External links

• Gypsum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γύψος.

Noun

gypsum

1. gypsum; a plaster figure

Descendants

• English: gypsum (borrowing)
• Portuguese: giz, gesso, gipso (borrowing)