creta

See also: Creta and cretă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creta. Doublet of greda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɾɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɾə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾe.ta]

Noun

creta f (plural cretes)

1. chalk (a soft, white, powdery limestone)

See also

• guix (“piece of chalk”)

Further reading

• “creta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “creta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “creta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “creta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin creta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾeta/ [ˈkɾe.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: cre‧ta

Noun

creta f (plural cretas)

1. chalk

Further reading

• “creta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025