diatomaceous earth

English

An image of diatomaceous earth produced by a scanning electron microscope

Noun

diatomaceous earth (uncountable)

1. A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material or microabrasive.

Synonyms

• (soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains): diatomite, kieselguhr

Hypernyms

• (soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains): hydrated silica (mineral component of siliceous soil)

Translations

soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains

• Catalan: diatomita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硅藻土 (zh) (guīzǎotǔ)

• Danish: moler (da) n, kiselgur c or n
• Esperanto: diatomito, diatomea tero, kiselguro
• Finnish: piimaa (fi)
• French: kieselguhr (fr), terre d’infusoires, terre diatomée (fr)
• German: Kieselguhr f, Diatomeenerde f
• Irish: cré dhiatómúil f
• Japanese: 珪藻土 (けいそうど, keisōdo)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: terra diatomácea f, kieselguhr m, diatomito m
• Russian: диатоми́т (ru) m (diatomít), кизельгу́р (ru) m (kizelʹgúr), инфузо́рная земля́ f (infuzórnaja zemljá), го́рная мука́ f (górnaja muká)
• Spanish: diatomita f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can