caolín

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French kaolin, from Mandarin 高陵 (gāolíng, “high hill”), in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, the location this clay was first found.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaoˈlin/ [ka.oˈlĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ca‧o‧lín

Noun

caolín m (plural caolines)

1. kaolin

   Synonym: caolinita

See also

• caolín on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “caolín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014