kaolin
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
kaolin (countable and uncountable, plural kaolins)
Pronunciation[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- china clay
- E559 when used as an anti-caking agent
- paper clay
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]
clay
References[edit]
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
kaolin m
Declension[edit]
Declension
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Chinese words 高嶺/高岭 (Gāolǐng, “high hill”), in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, the location this clay was first found.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kaolin m (plural kaolins)
Further reading[edit]
- “kaolin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kaòlīn m (Cyrillic spelling као̀лӣн)
Declension[edit]
Declension of kaolin
singular | |
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nominative | kaòlīn |
genitive | kaolína |
dative | kaolinu |
accusative | kaolin |
vocative | kaoline |
locative | kaolinu |
instrumental | kaolinom |
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- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
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- French countable nouns
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