chalkboard

English

Etymology

From chalk +‎ board.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔːk.bɔː(ɹ)d/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) enPR: chôk, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔk.bɔː(ɹ)d/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

chalkboard (plural chalkboards)

A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.

Synonyms

blackboard

Hypernyms

writing board

Derived terms

Related terms

whiteboard

Translations

slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard

Arabic: سَبُورَة f (sabūra), لَوْح m (lawḥ)
Bashkir: таҡта (taqta)
Belarusian: до́шка f (dóška)
Bulgarian: дъска́ (bg) f (dǎská)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑板 (hak¹ baan²)

Eastern Min: 黑板 (háik-bēng)

Gan: 黑板 (het⁶ 'ban³)

Hokkien: 烏板 / 乌板 (o͘-pán)

Jin: 黑板 (heh⁴ ban²)

Mandarin: 黑板 (zh) (hēibǎn)

Northern Min: 黑板 (hă̤-bǎing)

Wu: 黑板 (⁷heq-pe)
Czech: tabule (cs) f
Esperanto: (classroom) kretotabulo, (small-sized board in a bar or restaurant) skribardezo
Finnish: liitutaulu (fi)
French: (classroom) tableau noir (fr) m, (small-sized board in a bar or restaurant) ardoise (fr)
German: Wandtafel (de) f, Tafel (de) f
Greek: μαυροπίνακα f (mavropínaka)
Hindi: चॉकबोर्ड (cŏkborḍ)
Ingrian: doska
Irish: cailc-chlár m, clár cailc m
Italian: lavagna (it) f
Japanese: 黒板 (ja) (こくばん, kokuban)
Khmer: ក្ដារខៀន (km) (kdaa khiən)
Korean: 칠판(漆板) (ko) (chilpan)
Latvian: tāfele (lv) f
Lithuanian: kreidinė lenta f
Macedonian: табла f (tabla)
Ottoman Turkish: تباشیر تخته‌سی (tebeşir tahtası)
Polish: tablica (pl) f
Portuguese: lousa (pt) f, quadro (pt) m, quadro-negro (pt) m, quadro de giz m
Quechua: pirqa qillqana
Romanian: tablă (ro) f
Russian: доска́ (ru) f (doská)
Sassarese: labagna f, preddabàina f, preddabainizza f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: та́бла f

Roman: tábla (sh) f
Slovak: tabuľa f
Slovene: tabla f
Spanish: pizarra (es) f (Spain), pizarrón (es) m (Latin America), tablero (es) m (Colombia)
Swedish: svart tavla c
Tagalog: pisara
Thai: กระดาน (th) (grà-daan)
Turkish: tebeşir tahtası
Ukrainian: до́шка (uk) f (dóška)
Urdu: چاک بورْڈ (cāk borḍ)
Vietnamese: bảng đen (vi), bảng phấn
Yoruba: pátákò-ìkọ̀wé

whiteboard — see whiteboard

Verb

chalkboard (third-person singular simple present chalkboards, present participle chalkboarding, simple past and past participle chalkboarded)

To write or draw on a chalkboard.
- 2018, Marla Cilley, The CHAOS Cure:
  If you live in a home where painting walls isn't permitted, chalkboarding is still an option for you.