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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.ə.lɪn/

Noun

kaolin (countable and uncountable, plural kaolins)

1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
   • 1757, The Handmaid to the Arts, volume 2:

     The composition of the Eastern or proper China ware, according to accounts that have great marks of authenticity, is from two earths; one of which is, as was before mentioned, vitrescent, and is called Petunse; the other a refractory or apyrous earth; and called Kaolin.

   • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 86:

     Grind with strong arm, the circling chertz betwixt, / Your pure Ka-o-lins and Pe-tun-tses mixt […] .

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• kaolin-cephalin clotting time
• kaolin clotting time
• kaolinic
• kaolinite
• kaolinization
• kaolinize
• kaolinosis
• metakaolin

 

Related terms

• kaoliang

Translations

clay

• Catalan: caolí m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 瓷土 (ci⁴ tou²)

  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 (cs) m
• Danish: kaolin c or n, porcelænsjord c
• Finnish: kaoliini (fi)
• French: kaolin (fr) m
• Georgian: კაოლინი (ḳaolini), თიხათეთრი (tixatetri)
• German: Kaolin (de) n or m
• Greek: καολίνης (el) (kaolínis)
• Hungarian: kaolin (hu)
• Italian: caolino (it) m
• Khmer: ដីឥដ្ឋស (dəy ǝt sɑɑ)

• Kyrgyz: каолин (ky) (qaolin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaolin m

  Nynorsk: kaolin m

• 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɔ.lɛ̃/

Noun

kaolin m (plural kaolins)

1. kaolin

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French kaolin, from Chinese 高嶺／高岭 (Gāolǐng, “high hill”)

Noun

kaolin m (definite singular kaolinen, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) kaolin

Synonyms

• porselensjord

References

• “kaolin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kaolin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French kaolin, from Chinese 高嶺／高岭 (Gāolǐng, “high hill”)

Noun

kaolin m (definite singular kaolinen, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) kaolin

Synonyms

• porselensjord

References

• “kaolin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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