| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /krɛɪ̯t/ |
| Hyphenation | krijt |
| Afrikaans | kryt |
|---|---|
| Catalan | creta; guix |
| Danish | kridt |
| English | chalk |
| Esperanto | kreto |
| 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 |
| Ukrainian | крейда |
| West Frisian | kryt |