plaster of Paris

English

Alternative forms

• plaster-of-Paris (attributive use)

Etymology

So named after a large gypsum deposit at Montmartre, Paris.

Noun

plaster of Paris (uncountable)

1. A hemihydrate of calcium sulfate, made by calcining gypsum, that hardens when moistened and allowed to dry; used to make casts, molds and sculpture.
   • 1954 February 15, D. Keith Millett, Myron O. Henry, “Occult Ankle Dislocations”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 93:

     Treatment of an acute occult dislocation of the ankle consists of immobilization in a snugly fitting plaster-of-paris cast, with little padding.

Synonyms

• plaster (short form)

Translations

hemihydrate of calcium sulfate

• Catalan: guix (ca) m
• Czech: sádra (cs) f
• Danish: gips (da) c
• Finnish: kipsi (fi), kipsilaasti
• French: plâtre (fr) m
• German: Stuckgips m, Gips (de) m, Gipsmörtel m, Gipsputz m
• Greek: γύψος (el) m (gýpsos)
• Hindi: प्लास्टर आफ पेरिस m (plāsṭar āph peris), गच (hi) m (gac)
• Hungarian: gipsz (hu)
• Irish: plástar Pháras m
• Italian: gesso (it) m
• Korean: 소석고 (soseokgo)
• Malay: kapur paris, plaster paris
• Malayalam: പ്ലാസ്റ്റർ ഓഫ് പാരീസ് (plāsṟṟaṟ ōphŭ pārīsŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gips m

  Nynorsk: gips m

• Portuguese: gesso de Paris m
• Romanian: ghips (ro) n
• Russian: алебастр (ru) m (alebastr)
• Scots: stookie
• Spanish: yeso blanco m
• Swedish: gips (sv) n
• Tagalog: eskayola
• Thai: ปูนปลาสเตอร์ (bpuun-bpláas-dtə̂ə)
• Turkish: alçı (tr)

Further reading

• Gypsum plaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia