Meanings
nouncalcite (countable and uncountable, plural calcites)
plural calcites
- countableuncountablechemistryA very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Translations
Basque kaltzita
- kaltzitacalcium carbonate mineral
Bulgarian калцит
- калцит (kalcit)calcium carbonate mineral
Catalan calcita
- calcitacalcium carbonate mineral
Chinese Mandarin 方解石, 冰洲石
- 方解石 (fāngjiěshí)calcium carbonate mineral
- 冰洲石 (bīngzhōushí)calcium carbonate mineral
Czech vápenec, kalcit
- vápeneccalcium carbonate mineral
- kalcitcalcium carbonate mineral
Danish calcit
- calcitcalcium carbonate mineral
Dutch calciet
- calcietcalcium carbonate mineral
Esperanto kalcito
- kalcitocalcium carbonate mineral
Estonian kaltsiit
- kaltsiitcalcium carbonate mineral
Finnish kalsiitti, kalkkisälpä
- kalsiitticalcium carbonate mineral
- kalkkisälpäcalcium carbonate mineral
French calcite
- calcitecalcium carbonate mineral
German Calcit, Kalkspat
- Calcitcalcium carbonate mineral
- Kalkspatcalcium carbonate mineral
Greek ασβεστίτης
- ασβεστίτης (asvestítis)calcium carbonate mineral
Hungarian kalcit
- kalcitcalcium carbonate mineral
Icelandic kalkspat, kalsít
- kalkspatcalcium carbonate mineral
- kalsítcalcium carbonate mineral
Irish cailcít
- cailcítcalcium carbonate mineral
Italian calcite
- calcitecalcium carbonate mineral
Japanese 方解石
- 方解石 (hōkaiseki)calcium carbonate mineral
Korean 방해석
- 방해석 (banghaeseok)calcium carbonate mineral
Latvian kalcīts
- kalcītscalcium carbonate mineral
Lithuanian kalcitas
- kalcitascalcium carbonate mineral
Norwegian Bokmål kalsitt
- kalsittcalcium carbonate mineral
Polish kalcyt
- kalcytcalcium carbonate mineral
Portuguese calcita, calcite
- calcitacalcium carbonate mineral
- calcitecalcium carbonate mineral
Romanian calcit
- calcitcalcium carbonate mineral
Russian кальци́т
- кальци́т (kalʹcít)calcium carbonate mineral
Spanish calcita
- calcitacalcium carbonate mineral
Swedish kalcit
- kalcitcalcium carbonate mineral
Thai แคลไซต์
- แคลไซต์ (kɛl-sái)calcium carbonate mineral
Turkish kalsit
- kalsitcalcium carbonate mineral
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
calcite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcite
MLA
“calcite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calcite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcite.
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