calcareous

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin calcārius (“of or pertaining to lime”), derived from calx (“lime”). Similar to calcium.

Adjective

calcareous (comparative more calcareous, superlative most calcareous)

1. Resembling or containing calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 15:

     The traveller from the coast, who, after plodding northward for a score of miles over calcareous downs and corn-lands, suddenly reaches the verge of one of these escarpments[.]

Translations

resembling or containing limestone

• Dutch: kalkachtig (nl), kalkhoudend (nl), kalk-
• French: calcaire (fr) m or f
• Italian: calcareo (it) m, calcarea (it) f
• Japanese: 石灰質の (sekkaishitsu no), 炭酸カルシウムの (tansan karushiumu no)
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• Polish: wapienny (pl)
• Russian: известко́вый (ru) (izvestkóvyj)
• Spanish: calcáreo (es)