talc

Other forms of talc

plural

talcs·

past tense or participle

talcked

present participle

talcking

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about talc

What does talc mean?

talc means "a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in talc?

talc has 1 syllable: talc. In IPA it is /ˈtælk/.

What is another word for talc?

Close synonyms include talcum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is talc a common word?

talc is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.