Kaolin

//ˈkeɪ.ə.lɪn//

Synonyms for "kaolin" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (6)

Related words (9)

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Translations

43 translations across 29 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • каолин noun (clay)

Catalan

1 entries
  • caolí noun (clay)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 瓷仔土 noun (clay)
  • 白仁土 noun (clay)
  • 白土 noun (clay)
  • 碗土 noun (clay)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 瓷土 noun (clay)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 瓷土 noun (clay)
  • 陶土 noun (clay)
  • 高嶺土 /高岭土 noun (clay)

Czech

2 entries
  • kaolin noun (clay)
  • kaolín noun (clay)

Danish

2 entries
  • kaolin noun (clay)
  • porcelænsjord noun (clay)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kaoliini noun (clay)

French

1 entries
  • kaolin noun (clay)

Georgian

2 entries
  • თიხათეთრი noun (clay)
  • კაოლინი noun (clay)

German

1 entries
  • Kaolin noun (clay)

Greek

1 entries
  • καολίνης noun (clay)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kaolin noun (clay)

Italian

1 entries
  • caolino noun (clay)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ដីឥដ្ឋស noun (clay)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • каолин noun (clay)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • каоли́н noun (clay)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kaolin noun (clay)
  • porselensjord noun (clay)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • kaolin noun (clay)
  • porselensjord noun (clay)

Polish

1 entries
  • kaolin noun (clay)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • caulinita noun (clay)

Romanian

1 entries
  • caolin noun (clay)

Russian

2 entries
  • каоли́н noun (clay)
  • каолини́т noun (clay)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kaòlīn noun (clay)
  • као̀лӣн noun (clay)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • ཀར་ཡོལ noun (clay)

Spanish

1 entries
  • caolín noun (clay)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kawlin noun (clay)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kaolin noun (clay)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cao lanh noun (clay)
  • caolin noun (clay)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

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

Source: wiktionary

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