kreda

Borrowed from German Kreide, from Middle High German krīde, from Old High German krīda, from Vulgar Latin *crēda, from Latin crēta. Doublet of Kreta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛ.da/

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• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Syllabification: kre‧da

kreda f

1. chalk (sedimentary rock)
2. chalk (for writing on a blackboard)
3. (geology) Cretaceous

• kreda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kreda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Latin Crēta (“Crete”), from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

kréda f (Cyrillic spelling кре́да)

1. chalk
2. Cretaceous

From Latin Crēta (“Crete”), from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

• IPA^(key): /kréːda/

krẹ̑da f

1. chalk

Ultimately from Portuguese igreja.

kreda

1. church