kaolin

See also: Kaolin and kaolín

English

Alternative forms

• kaoline

Etymology

From French kaolin, from Chinese 高嶺／高岭 (Gāolǐng, “high hill”), in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, the location where this clay was first found.

Noun

kaolin (countable and uncountable, plural kaolins)

1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.ə.lɪn/

Synonyms

• china clay
• E559 when used as an anti-caking agent
• paper clay

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kaolinic
• kaolinite

• kaolinize
• metakaolin

Translations

clay

• Catalan: caolí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高嶺土 (zh), 高岭土 (zh) (gāolǐngtǔ), 瓷土 (zh) (cítǔ), 陶土 (zh) (táotǔ)

  Min Nan: 瓷仔土 (hûi-á-thô͘), 磁仔土 (hûi-á-thô͘), 碗土 (óaⁿ-thô͘), 白仁土 (pe̍h-jîn-thô͘), 白土 (pe̍h-thô͘)

• Czech: kaolín m, kaolin m
• Finnish: kaoliini (fi)
• French: kaolin (fr) m
• German: Kaolin (de) n, m
• Greek: καολίνης (el) (kaolínis)
• Hungarian: kaolin (hu)
• Italian: caolino (it) m
• Khmer: ដីឥដ្ឋស (dəy ǝt sɑɑ)

• Kyrgyz: каолин (ky) (kaolin)
• Polish: kaolin (pl) m
• Portuguese: caulinita (pt) f
• Russian: каоли́н (ru) m (kaolín), каолини́т (ru) m (kaolinít)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: као̀лӣн m

  Roman: kaòlīn (sh) m

• Spanish: caolín (es) m
• Tagalog: kawlin
• Turkish: kaolin (tr)
• Vietnamese: caolin

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)

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Czech

Alternative forms

• kaolín

Noun

kaolin m

1. kaolin

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kaolin	kaoliny
genitive	kaolinu	kaolinů
dative	kaolinu	kaolinům
accusative	kaolin	kaoliny
vocative	kaoline	kaoliny
locative	kaolinu, kaolině	kaolinech
instrumental	kaolinem	kaoliny

See also

• keramika
• hrnčířství

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French

Etymology

From the Chinese words 高嶺／高岭 (Gāolǐng, “high hill”), in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, the location this clay was first found.

Noun

kaolin m (plural kaolins)

1. kaolin

Further reading

• “kaolin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaǒliːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧o‧lin

Noun

kaòlīn m (Cyrillic spelling као̀лӣн)

1. kaolin

Declension

Declension of kaolin

	singular
nominative	kaòlīn
genitive	kaolína
dative	kaolinu
accusative	kaolin
vocative	kaoline
locative	kaolinu
instrumental	kaolinom