kaolin

• kaoline

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.ə.lɪn/

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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, page 86:

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

• china clay, E559, paper clay, lithomarge, lithomarga, kaoline, kaolinite

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)
• Needham, Joseph & al. (2004), Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. V: Chemistry..., Pt. 12: Ceramic Technology, p. 220.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaolɪn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈkaoliːn]

kaolin m inan

1. alternative form of kaolín

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɔ.lɛ̃/

kaolin m (plural kaolins)

1. kaolin

• “kaolin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

kaolin m (definite singular kaolinen, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) kaolin

• porselensjord

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

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

kaolin m (definite singular kaolinen, uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) kaolin

• porselensjord

• “kaolin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

kaòlīn m inan (Cyrillic spelling као̀лӣн)

1. kaolin