"gypsum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪp.səm/ [General-American, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gypsum.wav Forms: gypsums [plural], gypsa [plural]
Etymology: From Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of gesso. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|qsb-grc}}, {{der|en|la|gypsum}} Latin gypsum, {{der|en|grc|γύψος}} Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos), {{doublet|en|gesso}} Doublet of gesso Head templates: {{en-noun|~|+|gypsa}} gypsum (countable and uncountable, plural gypsums or gypsa)
  1. A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Synonyms: plaster-stone, gypse [obsolete] Hypernyms: calcium sulphate, mineral, sulphate Related terms: gypsobelum, gypsobioside, gypsophila, gyp, gypsotrioside Coordinate_terms: anhydrite Translations (mineral): gjíps [masculine] (Albanian), γύψος (gúpsos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), գիպս (gips) (Armenian), gisu (Basque), гипс (gips) [masculine] (Bulgarian), guix [masculine] (Catalan), parrell [masculine] (Catalan), 石膏 (shígāo) (Chinese Mandarin), sádrovec [masculine] (Czech), gips [common-gender] (Danish), gips [neuter] (Dutch), gipso (Esperanto), kips (Estonian), kipsi (Finnish), gypse [masculine] (French), xeso [masculine] (Galician), alxés [masculine] (Galician), elso [masculine] (Galician), თაბაშირი (tabaširi) (Georgian), Gips [masculine] (German), γύψος (gýpsos) [masculine] (Greek), גֶּבֶס (géves) [masculine] (Hebrew), हरसौंठ (harsa͠uṭh) (Hindi), कुलनार (kulnār) [masculine] (Hindi), gipsz (Hungarian), gifs [neuter] (Icelandic), gesso [masculine] (Italian), 石膏 (sekkō) (alt: せっこう) (Japanese), 석고 (seokgo) (Korean), gypsum [neuter] (Latin), ģipsis [masculine] (Latvian), medang sila (Malay), łeezh łigaaí (Navajo), gips [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gips [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), geis [masculine] (Occitan), spærstān [masculine] (Old English), گچ (gač) (Persian), gips [masculine] (Polish), gipsita [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), gipsite [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), ghips [neuter] (Romanian), гипс (gips) [masculine] (Russian), jissu [masculine] (Sicilian), yeso [masculine] (Spanish), gips [common-gender] (Swedish), yeso (Tagalog), உறைகளிக்கல் (uṟaikaḷikkal) (Tamil), ยิปซัม (yíp-sâm) (Thai), เกลือจืด (glʉʉa-jʉ̀ʉt) (Thai), alçı (Turkish), гіпс (hips) [masculine] (Ukrainian), thạch cao (Vietnamese), gypswm [masculine] (Welsh), glyfaen [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "code": "vi",
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
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        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
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        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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        "Terms with Thai translations",
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      "word": "gypse"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gjíps"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gips",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "գիպս"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "gisu"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gips",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гипс"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guix"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parrell"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shígāo",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "石膏"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "sádrovec"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "gips"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gips"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "gipso"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "kips"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "kipsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gypse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "xeso"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "alxés"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elso"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tabaširi",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "თაბაშირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Gips"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gýpsos",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γύψος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "gúpsos",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "γύψος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "géves",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גֶּבֶס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "harsa͠uṭh",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "हरसौंठ"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kulnār",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "कुलनार"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "gipsz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "gifs"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gesso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せっこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sekkō",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "石膏"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seokgo",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "석고"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gypsum"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ģipsis"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "medang sila"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "łeezh łigaaí"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gips"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gips"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geis"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spærstān"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gač",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "گچ"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gips"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gipsita"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "mineral",
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      "word": "gipsite"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mineral",
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      "word": "ghips"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gips",
      "sense": "mineral",
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      "word": "гипс"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "jissu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yeso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mineral",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "gips"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "yeso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "uṟaikaḷikkal",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "உறைகளிக்கல்"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yíp-sâm",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "ยิปซัม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "glʉʉa-jʉ̀ʉt",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "เกลือจืด"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "alçı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hips",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "гіпс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "thạch cao"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gypswm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glyfaen"
    }
  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (f889f65 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.