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krita.

chalk; white powdery limestone

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²kriːta/
  1. chalk; white powdery limestone

    common-gender · uncountable
  2. a piece of chalk, used for drawing on a blackboard

    common-gender · countable
  3. any crayon, regardless of color and material

    broadly · common-gender · countable
  4. Cretaceous; a geologic period

    common-gender · indeclinable
  5. credit, tick; a privilege of delayed payment

    colloquial · common-gender · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.

verb/²kriːta/
  1. to apply chalk

    transitive
  2. to buy (something) on credit or with an agreement to pay later

    colloquial · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.

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