french chalk

French chalk

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [french chawk]
- /frɛntʃ tʃɔk/
- /frentʃ tʃɔːk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french chawk]
- /frɛntʃ tʃɔk/

Definitions of french chalk words

noun french chalk a talc for marking lines on fabrics. 1
noun french chalk a compact variety of talc used to mark cloth or remove grease stains from materials 0
noun french chalk a very soft soapstone chalk used for marking lines on cloth or removing grease spots 0

See all 3 definitions of french chalk

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Origin of french chalk

First appearance:

before 1720

One of the 49% newest English words

First recorded in 1720-30

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Parts of speech for French chalk

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of French chalk

french chalk popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

french chalk usage trend in Literature

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