gis
Spanish, noun/ˈxis/
gis is spelled G-I-S (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gis is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arcilla terrosa generalmente blanca y compactada que se utiliza para escribir en las pizarras”.
What does gis mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinechalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arcilla terrosa generalmente blanca y compactada que se utiliza para escribir en las pizarras.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gis
- gises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gis?
- /ˈxis/
- [ˈxis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gis in Spanish?
gis appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).