calcaire

common nounadjective

Syllable Decomposition

calcaire

borrowed from Latin calcarius (to lime), derived from calx ("lime").

Definitions

chimie
géologie

Synonyms

calcareuxcraiecarbonate de calciumcarbonate de chauxcalcite

Plural

calcaires

Translations

  • englishenglish:limestone
  • italianitalian:calcare
  • germangerman:Kalkstein
  • arabicarabic:حجر جيري
  • chinesechinese:石灰岩
  • koreankorean:석회암
  • spanishspanish:caliza
  • finnishfinnish:kalkkikivi
  • greekgreek:ασβεστόλιθος
  • hebrewhebrew:אבן גיר
  • hindihindi:चूना पत्थर
  • japanesejapanese:石灰岩
  • dutchdutch:kalksteen
  • polishpolish:wapień
  • portugueseportuguese:calcário
  • russianrussian:известняк
  • swedishswedish:kalksten
  • thaithai:หินปูน
  • turkishturkish:kireç taşı
  • ukrainianukrainian:вапняк

See also

calcite (cn.) chaulier (cn.) chaux (cn.) calcaire (adj.) rechauler (v.) chaulage (cn.) chauler (v.)