gypsum

English

Gypsum

Etymology

From Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of gesso.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪpsəm/

Noun

gypsum (countable and uncountable, plural gypsums)

A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris.
- 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 7:
  Besides being abundant, gypsum is easily refined into a powder for plaster or formed into sheets of wallboard.

Derived terms

Derived terms

gypsic
gypsum board (panels)

Translations

mineral

Armenian: գիպս (hy) (gips)
Bulgarian: гипс m (gips)
Catalan: guix (ca) m, parrell (ca) 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 (gl) m
Georgian: თაბაშირი (tabaširi)
German: Gips (de) m
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)
Korean: 석고 (ko) (seokgo)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: gypsum n
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 (sv) c
Tagalog: yeso (tl)
Tamil: உறைகளிக்கல் (uṟaikaḷikkal)
Thai: ยิปซัม (yíp-sâm), เกลือจืด (th) (glʉʉa-jʉ̀ʉt)
Turkish: alçı (tr)
Welsh: gypswm m, glyfaen m

Further reading

“Gypsum” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“gypsum”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
gypsum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡy.psum/, [ˈɡʏ.psũ]

Noun

gypsum n (genitive gypsī); second declension

gypsum
a plaster figure

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gypsum	gypsa
Genitive	gypsī	gypsōrum
Dative	gypsō	gypsīs
Accusative	gypsum	gypsa
Ablative	gypsō	gypsīs
Vocative	gypsum	gypsa

Descendants

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

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

Roman: gips
Sicilian: jissu, ghissu, gissu
Spanish: gis, yeso
Venetian: xeso, ges

References

gypsum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
gypsum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
gypsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
gypsum in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎

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