zippeite, n.

zippeite
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zippeite_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
Revised 2021

# zippeitenoun

## Earlier version

- zippeite in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zippeite mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zippeite. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the noun zippeite?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1880 | 0.0003
1890 | 0.0002
1900 | 0.0002
1910 | 0.0007
1920 | 0.001
1930 | 0.0013
1940 | 0.0014
1950 | 0.0015
1960 | 0.0016
1970 | 0.0016
1980 | 0.0011
1990 | 0.0009
2000 | 0.0007
2010 | 0.0006

### How is the noun zippeite pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɪpiʌɪt/
ZIP-ee-ight
/ˈtsɪpəʌɪt/
TSIP-uh-ight

#### U.S. English

/ˈzɪpiˌaɪt/
ZIP-ee-ight
/ˈtsɪpəˌaɪt/
TSIP-uh-ight

### Where does the noun zippeite come from?

Earliest known use

1850s

The earliest known use of the noun zippeite is in the 1850s.

OED's earliest evidence for zippeite is from 1850, in the writing of James Dana, geologist, zoologist, and teacher.

zippeite is a borrowing from German.

Etymons: German Zippeit.

### Nearby entries

1. ziphiiform, adj. 1891
2. ziphioid, adj. & n. 1861–
3. zipless, adj. 1922–
4. zip line, n. 1970–
5. zip line, v. 1998–
6. zipliner, n. 1993–
7. zip lining, n.?1983–
8. zip-lipped, adj. 1943–
9. ziplock, n. 1928–
10. zipped, adj. 1931–
11. zippeite, n.1850–
12. zipper, n. 1923–
13. zipper, v. 1927–
14. zippered, adj. 1926–
15. zipper foot, n. 1938–
16. zipperhead, n. 1967–
17. zipper problem, n. 1985–
18. Zippie, n.¹ 1968–
19. zippie, n.² 1986–
20. zippily, adv. 1924–
21. zippiness, n. 1907–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from German.
Etymon: German Zippeit.
< German Zippeit (W. Haidinger Handb. der bestimmenden Mineral. (1845) 510) < the name of F. X. M. Zippe (1791–1863), a Czech mineralogist + ‑it ‑ite suffix1.

## Meaning & use

Mineralogy.

1. 1850–
   A uranium-containing mineral, typically occurring as yellow needles and yellow to reddish-brown encrustations.
   Zippeite is a hydrated basic potassium uranyl sulfate, K4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4H2O. Crystal system: monoclinic.
   1. 1850

      > Zippeite, v. Uranochre.

      J. D. Dana, System of Mineralogy (ed. 3) 711 (index)
   2. 1917

      > The optical properties of gilpinite and zippeite are very different.

      American Mineralogist vol. 2 79
   3. 2005

      > Johannite (green) and zippeite (orange-yellow) from the Happy Jack mine.

      C. L. Ege, Sel. Mining Districts Utah (Utah Geol. Surv.) 36/2
   minerals
   1. uran-bloom 1826–58
      = zippeite, n.
   2. uran-vitriol 1828–
      = johannite, n.²
   3. johannite 1835–
      Uranium sulfate containing some copper, found in green druses.
   4. uranium vitriol 1835–
      = johannite, n.²; cf. uran-vitriol, n.
   5. zippeite 1850–
      A uranium-containing mineral, typically occurring as yellow needles and yellow to reddish-brown encrustations.
   6. uraconite 1868–
      ‘Sulphate of uranium, found as a lemon-yellow powder’ (Chester).
   View in Historical Thesaurus

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɪpiʌɪt/
ZIP-ee-ight
/ˈtsɪpəʌɪt/
TSIP-uh-ight

### U.S. English

/ˈzɪpiˌaɪt/
ZIP-ee-ight
/ˈtsɪpəˌaɪt/
TSIP-uh-ight

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zippeite typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zippeite is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zippeite, n., 1880–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1880 | 0.0003
1890 | 0.0002
1900 | 0.0002
1910 | 0.0007
1920 | 0.001
1930 | 0.0013
1940 | 0.0014
1950 | 0.0015
1960 | 0.0016
1970 | 0.0016
1980 | 0.0011
1990 | 0.0009
2000 | 0.0007
2010 | 0.0006

zippeite, n. was revised in March 2021.

zippeite, n. was last modified in September 2023.