limescale

English

Etymology

From lime +‎ scale.

Noun

limescale (uncountable)

1. A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.

Translations

chalky deposit

• Bashkir: шур (şur)
• Belarusian: на́кіп m (nákip)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水垢 (zh) (shuǐ gòu), 水鹼／水碱 (zh) (shuǐjiǎ), 水銹／水锈 (shuǐxiù)

• Danish: kedelsten c, kalk (da) c
• Dutch: kalkaanslag (nl)
• Finnish: kalkkeuma, kalkkeutuma, kalkkiuma, kalkkiutuma
• French: tartre (fr) m
• German: Kesselstein m, Kalk (de) m
• Hungarian: vízkő (hu)
• Italian: calcare (it) m
• Macedonian: бигор m (bigor)
• Russian: на́кипь (ru) f (nákipʹ)
• Spanish: sarro (es) m
• Swedish: kalkavlagring c
• Thai: ตะกรัน (th)
• Ukrainian: на́кип m (nákyp)