| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | kret·o |
| Nominative | kreto |
|---|---|
| Accusative | kreton |
| Catalan | creta; guix |
|---|---|
| Danish | kridt |
| Dutch | krijt |
| English | chalk |
| Faeroese | krit |
| Finnish | liitu |
| French | craie |
| German | Kreide |
| Italian | creta |
| Latin | creta |
| Papiamento | kreit |
| Portuguese | greda; griz |
| Saterland Frisian | Kriet |
| Scottish Gaelic | cailc |
| Spanish | creta; tiza; yeso |
| Swedish | krita |
| West Frisian | kryt |