kaolin en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkeɪ.ə.lɪn/
Etymology
From French kaolin, François Xavier d'Entrecolles's irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 高嶺土 /高岭土 (gāolǐngtǔ, “Gaoling earth”), from 高嶺 /高岭 (Gāolǐng, “High Ridge”), a village in Fuliang County, Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, that became Jingdezhen's primary source of this kind of clay during the early to mid-Qing dynasty.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, papermaking, etc.
Grind with strong arm, the circling chertz betwixt, / Your pure Ka-o-lins and Pe-tun-tses mixt […].
1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 86: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.
1757, The Handmaid to the Arts, volume 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kaolins | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kaoline | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
kaowool · kaolinization · kaolinic · kaolin clotting time · kaolinosis · kaolinite · metakaolin · kaolinate · kaolin-cephalin clotting time · kaolinize
Synonyms
E559 · china clay · kaoline · lithomarga · paper clay · kaolinite · lithomarge
Translations (45)
nan-hbl 瓷仔土 (clay) · el καολίνης (clay) · ga cré Shíneach (clay) · nan-hbl 白仁土 (clay) · tr kaolin (clay) · de Kaolin (clay) · fi kaoliini (clay) · nan-hbl 磁仔土 (clay) · cmn 瓷土 (clay) · ru каоли́н (clay) · da porcelænsjord (clay) · ka კაოლინი (clay) · sh као̀лӣн (clay) · nan-hbl 碗土 (clay) · km ដីឥដ្ឋស (clay) · ky каолин (clay) · cmn 陶土 (clay) · cmn 高嶺土 /高岭土 (clay) · pt caulinita (clay) · it caolino (clay) · yue 瓷土 (clay) · vi caolin (clay) · bg каолин (clay) · nn porselensjord (clay) · sip ཀར་ཡོལ (clay) · da kaolin (clay) · ru каолини́т (clay) · sh kaòlīn (clay) · ca caolí (clay) · pl kaolin (clay) · tl kawlin (clay) · cs kaolín (clay) · ka თიხათეთრი (clay) · nb kaolin (clay) · mk каоли́н (clay) · es caolín (clay) · ga caoilín (clay) · cs kaolin (clay) · hu kaolin (clay) · fr kaolin (clay) · nn kaolin (clay) · nan-hbl 白土 (clay) · ro caolin (clay) · nb porselensjord (clay) · vi cao lanh (clay)