gypsum

English

Gypsum

Etymology

From Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gupsos).

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 m
• Czech: sádrovec (cs) m
• Danish: gips (da) c
• Dutch: gips (nl) n
• Esperanto: gipso (eo)
• Estonian: kips
• Finnish: kipsi (fi)
• French: gypse (fr) m
• Galician: xeso m
• German: Gips (de)
• Greek: γύψος (el) m (gýpsos)
• Hebrew: גבס (he) m (geves)
• Hindi: हरसौंठ (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:

  Bokmål: gips m

  Nynorsk: gips m

• Persian: گچ (fa) (gac)
• Polish: gips (pl) m
• Portuguese: gipsita (pt) f
• Russian: гипс (ru) m (gips)
• Spanish: yeso (es) m
• Swedish: gips c
• Tamil: உறைகளிக்கல் (uṟaikaḷikkal)
• 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

• Asturian: yelsu, xiz
• Catalan: guix
• Danish: gips
• Dutch: gips
• English: gypsum (borrowing), gesso
• French: gypse
• Friulian: ges
• Galician: xeso, xiz
• German: Gips
• Italian: gesso

• Norwegian: gips
• Polish: gips
• Portuguese: giz, gesso, gipso (borrowing)
• Russian: гипс (gips)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гипс

  Roman: gips

• Spanish: gis, yeso