zoocultural, adj.

zoocultural
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Revised 2017

# zooculturaladjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoocultural mean?

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

### How is the adjective zoocultural pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈkʌltʃ(ə)r(ə)l/
zoo-oh-KULCH-uh-ruhl
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈkʌltʃ(ə)r(ə)l/
zoh-oh-KULCH-uh-ruhl

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈkəltʃ(ə)rəl/
zoh-uh-KULCH-uh-ruhl
/ˌzuəˈkəltʃ(ə)rəl/
zoo-uh-KULCH-uh-ruhl

### Where does the adjective zoocultural come from?

Earliest known use

1890s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoocultural is in the 1890s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoocultural is from 1899, in American Anthropologist.

### Nearby entries

1. zoocarp, n. 1824–88
2. zoocaulon, n. 1881–
3. zoocentric, adj. 1882–
4. zoochemical, adj. & n. 1844–
5. zoochemistry, n. 1835–
6. zoochlorella, n. 1882–
7. zoochore, n. 1904–
8. zoochorous, adj. 1904–
9. zoochory, n. 1921–
10. zoo-crazy, adj. 1938–
11. zoocultural, adj.1899–
12. zooculture, n. 1873–
13. zoocytium, n. 1880–
14. zoodendrium, n. 1880–
15. Zoodikers, int. 1749–98
16. zoodynamic, adj.?1819–
17. zoodynamics, n. 1888–
18. zooecial, adj. 1873–
19. zooecium, n. 1871–
20. zooerythrin, n. 1871–
21. zooflagellate, n. & adj. 1911–

## Meaning & use

1. 1899–
   Of, relating to, or used in zooculture.
   1. 1899

      > Agricultural and zoöcultural industries.

      American Anthropologist vol. 1 303
   2. 1913

      > A few paragraphs are given to the agricultural, zoöcultural, and forest resources.

      American Journal of Sociology vol. 18 830
   3. 2002

      > The evidence for the history of the ‘zoocultural’ sphere is recorded in text and art, but a direct approach..goes through the primary physical evidence..the bones preserved in archaeological sites.

      B. J. Collins, Hist. Animal World in Ancient Near East xvii. 457
   agriculture
   1. rearing 1787–
      That brings a person or animal up to or towards maturity; esp. that raises livestock as an occupation.
   2. zootechnic 1861–
      Of or relating to zootechny; produced by means of zootechny.
   3. zoocultural 1899–
      Of, relating to, or used in zooculture.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈkʌltʃ(ə)r(ə)l/
zoo-oh-KULCH-uh-ruhl
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈkʌltʃ(ə)r(ə)l/
zoh-oh-KULCH-uh-ruhl

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈkəltʃ(ə)rəl/
zoh-uh-KULCH-uh-ruhl
/ˌzuəˈkəltʃ(ə)rəl/
zoo-uh-KULCH-uh-ruhl

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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.

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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.

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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

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.