soapstone

Etymology

 * so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of.

Noun

 * 1)  A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: стеатит, талкохлорит
 * Catalan: esteatita
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Speckstein
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic: ukkusissaq
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: szappankő
 * Ingrian: muilakivi
 * Inuktitut:
 * Italian:, pietra saponaria
 * Kannada:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: самын таш
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kleberstein
 * Persian: استاتیت
 * Polish: steatyt
 * Portuguese: pedra-sabão
 * Russian: мы́льный ка́мень,, , та́льковый ка́мень,
 * Slovene: steatit
 * Spanish: esteatita, roca de jabón
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: жировик, стеатит
 * Welsh: sebonfaen
 * Yoruba:

Verb

 * 1)  To scrub with soapstone.