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kaolinite

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al2Si2O5(OH)4; one of the kaolin group of minerals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: mineral

History

Etymology

From kaolin + -ite (see kaolin for more).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: caolinita — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高嶺石 /高岭石 (gāolǐngshí) — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觀音土 /观音土 (Guānyīntǔ) — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Czech: kaolinit — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Esperanto: kaolinito — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Estonian: kaoliniit — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Finnish: kaoliniitti — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • French: kaolinite — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • German: Kaolinit — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Hindi: चीनी मिट्टी (cīnī miṭṭī) — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Hungarian: kaolinit — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Italian: caolinite — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Japanese: カオリナイト (kaorinaito) — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Kazakh: ақсаздық (aqsazdyq) — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Kazakh: каолинит (kaolinit) — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Macedonian: каолини́т (kaolinít) — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Polish: kaolinit — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Portuguese: caulinita — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Romanian: caolinit — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Russian: каолини́т (kaolinít) — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Serbo-Croatian: каолѝнӣт — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Serbo-Croatian: kaolìnīt — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Slovak: kaolinit — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Spanish: caolinita — Al2Si2O5(OH)4
  • Turkish: kaolinit — Al2Si2O5(OH)4