a white rock; a type of limestone
| Arabic: | جير، جَص |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 白垩 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 白堊 |
| Czech: | křída, křídový útes |
| Danish: | kridt |
| Dutch: | krijt |
| Estonian: | kriit |
| Finnish: | liitu |
| French: | craie |
| German: | die Kreide |
| Greek: | ασβεστόλιθος |
| Hungarian: | mészkő |
| Icelandic: | kalksteinn |
| Indonesian: | gamping |
| Italian: | gesso |
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| Japanese: | 白亜 |
| Korean: | 백악白堊, 활석 |
| Latvian: | kaļķakmens |
| Lithuanian: | kalkakmenis |
| Norwegian: | kalkstein |
| Polish: | kreda |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | greda, giz |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | greda |
| Romanian: | cretă |
| Russian: | мел |
| Slovak: | krieda |
| Slovenian: | kreda |
| Spanish: | creta, roca caliza |
| Swedish: | krita |
| Turkish: | kireç taşı |
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(a piece of) a chalk-like substance used for writing (especially on blackboards)
Example:
a box of chalks
| Arabic: | طَبْشورَه |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 粉笔 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 粉筆 |
| Czech: | křída |
| Danish: | skrivekridt |
| Dutch: | krijtje |
| Estonian: | kriit |
| Finnish: | liitu |
| French: | craie |
| German: | die Kreide |
| Greek: | κιμωλία |
| Hungarian: | kréta |
| Icelandic: | krít |
| Indonesian: | kapur |
| Italian: | gessetto |
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| Japanese: | チョーク |
| Korean: | 분필 |
| Latvian: | krīts |
| Lithuanian: | kreida |
| Norwegian: | kritt |
| Polish: | kreda |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | giz |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | giz |
| Romanian: | cretă |
| Russian: | мел |
| Slovak: | krieda |
| Slovenian: | kreda |
| Spanish: | tiza |
| Swedish: | krita, kritbit |
| Turkish: | tebeşir |
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Craie\ (kr[=a]), n. See
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