calcium carbonate

English

Noun

calcium carbonate (uncountable)

(inorganic chemistry) A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO₃, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc; reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide.

Synonyms

E170 when used as a food colouring

Hyponyms

Translations

CaCO₃

Catalan: carbonat de calci m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 碳酸鈣, 碳酸钙 (taan³ syun¹ koi³)

Mandarin: 碳酸鈣 (zh), 碳酸钙 (zh) (tànsuāngài)
Czech: uhličitan vápenatý m
Finnish: kalsiumkarbonaatti (fi)
French: carbonate de calcium (fr) m
German: Calciumcarbonat n, Kalkstein (de) m, Kalk (de) m

Hungarian: kalcium-karbonát (hu)
Maori: konupūmā pākawa waro
Polish: węglan wapnia m
Portuguese: carbonato de cálcio m
Romanian: carbonat de calciu m
Russian: карбона́т ка́льция (karbonát kálʹcija)
Slovene: kalcijev karbonat (sl)
Spanish: carbonato de calcio m
Thai: แคลเซียมคาร์บอเนต

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