English
Noun
diatomaceous earth (uncountable)
- A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material or microabrasive.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains): hydrated silica (mineral component of siliceous soil)
Translations
soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains
- Catalan: diatomita f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 硅藻土 (zh) (guīzǎotǔ)
- Danish: moler (da) n, kiselgur c or n
- Esperanto: diatomito, diatomea tero, kiselguro
- Finnish: piimaa (fi)
- French: kieselguhr (fr), terre d'infusoires, terre diatomée (fr)
- German: Kieselgur f, Diatomeenerde f
- Irish: cré dhiatómúil f
- Japanese: 珪藻土 (けいそうど, keisōdo)
- Korean: 규조토(硅藻土) (ko) (gyujoto)
- Portuguese: terra diatomácea f, kieselguhr m, diatomito m
- Russian: диатоми́т (ru) m (diatomít), кизельгу́р (ru) m (kizelʹgúr), инфузо́рная земля́ f (infuzórnaja zemljá), го́рная мука́ f (górnaja muká)
- Spanish: diatomita f
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
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