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gypsum

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, UK: /ˈd͡ʒɪp.səm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IH1 P S AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mineral, calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate

Narrower terms: alabaster, gesso, terra alba

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gjíps — mineral
  • Arabic: جِصّ (jiṣṣ) — mineral
  • Arabic: جِبْص (jibṣ) — mineral
  • Arabic: جِبْس (jibs) — mineral
  • Arabic: جِبْسِين (jibsīn) — mineral
  • Armenian: գիպս (gips) — mineral
  • Basque: gisu — mineral
  • Bulgarian: гипс (gips) — mineral
  • Catalan: guix — mineral
  • Catalan: parrell — mineral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石膏 (shígāo) — mineral
  • Czech: sádrovec — mineral
  • Danish: gips — mineral
  • Dutch: gips — mineral
  • Esperanto: gipso — mineral
  • Estonian: kips — mineral
  • Finnish: kipsi — mineral
  • French: gypse — mineral
  • Galician: xeso — mineral
  • Galician: alxés — mineral
  • Galician: elso — mineral
  • Georgian: თაბაშირი (tabaširi) — mineral
  • German: Gips — mineral
  • Greek: γύψος (gýpsos) — mineral
  • Ancient Greek: γύψος (gúpsos) — mineral
  • Hebrew: גֶּבֶס (géves) — mineral
  • Hindi: हरसौंठ (harsa͠uṭh) — mineral
  • Hindi: कुलनार (kulnār) — mineral
  • Hungarian: gipsz — mineral
  • Icelandic: gifs — mineral
  • Italian: gesso — mineral
  • Japanese: 石膏 (sekkō) — mineral
  • Korean: 석고 (seokgo) — mineral
  • Latin: gypsum — mineral
  • Latvian: ģipsis — mineral
  • Malay: medang sila — mineral
  • Navajo: łeezh łigaaí — mineral
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gips — mineral
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gips — mineral
  • Occitan: geis — mineral
  • Old English: spærstān — mineral
  • Persian: گچ (gač) — mineral
  • Polish: gips — mineral
  • Portuguese: gipsita — mineral
  • Portuguese: gipsite — mineral
  • Romanian: ghips — mineral
  • Russian: гипс (gips) — mineral
  • Sicilian: jissu — mineral
  • Spanish: yeso — mineral
  • Swedish: gips — mineral
  • Tagalog: yeso — mineral
  • Tamil: உறைகளிக்கல் (uṟaikaḷikkal) — mineral
  • Thai: ยิปซัม (yíp-sâm) — mineral
  • Thai: เกลือจืด (glʉʉa-jʉ̀ʉt) — mineral
  • Turkish: alçı taşı — mineral
  • Ottoman Turkish: آلچی (alçı) — mineral
  • Ukrainian: гіпс (hips) — mineral
  • Vietnamese: thạch cao — mineral
  • Welsh: gypswm — mineral
  • Welsh: glyfaen — mineral