zincedadjective & noun
Factsheet
Where does the word zinced come from?
Earliest known use
1840s
The earliest known use of the word zinced is in the 1840s.
OED's earliest evidence for zinced is from 1841, in Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal.
How common is the word zinced?
| 1830 | 0.0043 |
| 1840 | 0.004 |
| 1850 | 0.0038 |
| 1860 | 0.0038 |
| 1870 | 0.004 |
| 1880 | 0.0041 |
| 1890 | 0.004 |
| 1900 | 0.0032 |
| 1910 | 0.003 |
| 1920 | 0.0028 |
| 1930 | 0.0023 |
| 1940 | 0.0018 |
| 1950 | 0.0016 |
| 1960 | 0.0009 |
| 1970 | 0.0008 |
| 1980 | 0.0006 |
| 1990 | 0.0006 |
| 2000 | 0.0005 |
| 2010 | 0.0005 |
How is the word zinced pronounced?
British English
Nearby entries
- Zincalo, n.1841–
- zinc-alum, n.1851–
- zinc-amide, n.1859–
- zincate, n.1872–
- zinc-blende, n.1842–
- zinc-bloom, n.1842–
- zinc chloride, n.1851–
- zinc chromate, n.1851–
- zinc chrome, n.1892–
- zinc-dust, n.1877–
- zinced, adj. & n.1841–
- zinc finger, n.1987–
- zinc-foil, n.1851–
- zinc green, n.1847–
- zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n.1881–
- zincian, adj.1930–
- zincic, adj.1860–
- zinciferous, adj.1820–
- zincification, n.1891–
- zincify, v.1801–
- zinc-iron, n. & adj.1849–
Meaning & use
- 1841–See zinc v.
- 1841
Zinked nails and bolts.
Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal vol. 4 353/2 - 1841
The advantage of zinced iron.
W. T. Brande, Manual of Chemistry (ed. 5) 731 - 1890
The conditions under which the zincked pipe is to be used.
Journal of Franklin Institute November 401 - 1895
The little barn finished with a zinked iron roof.
Morris in Mackail, W.M. (1899) vol. II. 319
Pronunciation
British English
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
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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Frequency
zinced typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zinced is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zinced, adj. & n., 1830–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1830 | 0.0043 |
| 1840 | 0.004 |
| 1850 | 0.0038 |
| 1860 | 0.0038 |
| 1870 | 0.004 |
| 1880 | 0.0041 |
| 1890 | 0.004 |
| 1900 | 0.0032 |
| 1910 | 0.003 |
| 1920 | 0.0028 |
| 1930 | 0.0023 |
| 1940 | 0.0018 |
| 1950 | 0.0016 |
| 1960 | 0.0009 |
| 1970 | 0.0008 |
| 1980 | 0.0006 |
| 1990 | 0.0006 |
| 2000 | 0.0005 |
| 2010 | 0.0005 |