Zealandic, adj.

zealandic
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First published 2018

# Zealandicadjective (& noun)

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective Zealandic mean?

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

### How common is the adjective Zealandic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1800 | 0.0017
1810 | 0.0015
1820 | 0.0013
1830 | 0.0011
1840 | 0.0005
1850 | 0.0005
1860 | 0.0005
1870 | 0.0005
1880 | 0.0005
1890 | 0.0009
1900 | 0.0011
1910 | 0.0013
1920 | 0.0013
1930 | 0.0017
1940 | 0.0019
1950 | 0.002
1960 | 0.0017
1970 | 0.0016
1980 | 0.0015
1990 | 0.0014
2000 | 0.0012
2010 | 0.0009

### How is the adjective Zealandic pronounced?

#### British English

/ziːˈlandɪk/
zee-LAN-dick

#### U.S. English

/ziˈlændɪk/
zee-LAN-dick

### Where does the adjective Zealandic come from?

Earliest known use

1800s

The earliest known use of the adjective Zealandic is in the 1800s.

OED's earliest evidence for Zealandic is from 1807, in a translation by A. A. Feldborg.

From a proper name, combined with an English element.

Etymons: Zealand, ‑ic suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. Z-car, n. 1961–
2. Z-day, n. 1925–
3. Z-DNA, n. 1979–
4. ze, pron. 1864–
5. zea, n. 1562–
6. zeagonite, n. 1823–
7. zeal, n. a1382–
8. zeal, v. 1542–1687
9. Zealander, n.¹ 1663–
10. Zealander, n.² 1773–
11. Zealandic, adj.1807–
12. Zealandish, adj. 1684–
13. zealator, n. a1464–
14. zeal-blind, adj. 1615–1898
15. zeal-consuming, adj. 1629–1882
16. zealed, adj. 1679–1903
17. zealer, n.?a1450–1673
18. zealful, adj. 1602–
19. zeal-inflamed, adj. 1648–
20. zealing, adj. 1459–1602
21. zealist, n. 1614–

## Etymology

### Summary

From a proper name, combined with an English element.
Etymons: Zealand, ‑ic suffix.
< Zealand (also Sealand, (now rare) Zeeland: see Zealander n.1) + ‑ic suffix.

Compare earlier Zealandish adj.

## Meaning & use

1. 1807–
   Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Danish island of Zealand, its people, or its dialect. Also as n.: the dialect of Danish spoken in Zealand.
   Cf. Zealandish adj. (& n.), Zealander n.1
   1. 1807

      > Captain Cleve..ordered his men to turn their coats, which, as they belonged to the Sealandic militia [Da. det siœlandske National=Regiment], were lined with blue.

      A. A. Feldborg, translation of O. Malling, Great & Good Deeds Danes, Norwegians, & Holsteinians 195
   2. 1840

      > The Jutland laws are written in Sealandic.

      R. G. Latham, Norway, & Norwegians vol. I. xxi. 272
   3. 1972

      > He was able..to captivate entirely different audiences..: sometimes sailors and sometimes Zealandic farmers.

      D. Hohnen, translation of K. Thaning, N. F. S. Grundtvig Preface 11
   4. 1996

      > There are significant regional variations; primarily, a distinction should be drawn between Zealandic and Jutlandic half-timbering.

      T. McQuillan, translation of C. Norberg-Schulz, Nightlands iii. 54
   5. 2002

      > The scribe consistently followed the linguistic and orthographic norm prevalent in Zealandic around 1300.

      L. Heltoft in O. Bandle et al., Nordic Languages vol. I. iv. xviii. 158/2
   6. 2017

      > Zealandic Danish..became the literary language and is still the prestige version of Modern Danish.

      R. H. Sanders, Languages Scandinavia iii. 86

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ziːˈlandɪk/
zee-LAN-dick

### U.S. English

/ziˈlændɪk/
zee-LAN-dick

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##### 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

## Forms

### Variant forms

1. 1800s–
   Sealandic, Zealandic
2. 1900s
   Zeelandic

## Frequency

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

Zealandic 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 Zealandic, adj., 1800–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1800 | 0.0017
1810 | 0.0015
1820 | 0.0013
1830 | 0.0011
1840 | 0.0005
1850 | 0.0005
1860 | 0.0005
1870 | 0.0005
1880 | 0.0005
1890 | 0.0009
1900 | 0.0011
1910 | 0.0013
1920 | 0.0013
1930 | 0.0017
1940 | 0.0019
1950 | 0.002
1960 | 0.0017
1970 | 0.0016
1980 | 0.0015
1990 | 0.0014
2000 | 0.0012
2010 | 0.0009

Zealandic, adj. was first published in June 2018.

Zealandic, adj. was last modified in July 2023.