zymologist, n.

zymologist
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zymologistnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zymologist mean?

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

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the noun zymologist?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.0002
1900 | 0.0002
1910 | 0.0001
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.0002
1940 | 0.0003
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0003
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

### How is the noun zymologist pronounced?

#### British English

/zʌɪˈmɒlədʒɪst/
zigh-MOL-uh-jisst

#### U.S. English

/zaɪˈmɑlədʒəst/
zigh-MAH-luh-juhsst

### Where does the noun zymologist come from?

Earliest known use

1820s

The earliest known use of the noun zymologist is in the 1820s.

### Nearby entries

1. zymodeme, n. 1978–
2. zymogen, n. 1877–
3. zymogenetic, adj. 1896–
4. zymogenic, adj. 1884–
5. zymogluconate, n. 1887–
6. zymogluconic, adj. 1886–
7. zymogram, n. 1957–
8. zymohydrolysis, n. 1903–
9. zymoid, adj. & n. 1891–
10. zymological, adj. 1828–
11. zymologist, n.1828–
12. zymology, n. 1753–
13. zymolysis, n. 1890–
14. zymolytic, adj. 1890–
15. zymome, n. 1820–31
16. zymometer, n. 1842–
17. zymophore, adj. 1900–
18. zymophoric, adj. 1902–
19. zymophyte, n. 1890–
20. zymosan, n. 1943–
21. zymoscope, n. 1868–

## Meaning & use

1. 1828–
   One versed in zymology.
   Stressed as zyˈmologist.
   1. 1828

      > Zumologist

      [see zymological adj.].
   2. 1846

      > Zymologist

      [see zymological adj.].
   chemistry
   1. proto-chemist 1649–
      An early chemist; a person engaged in protochemistry.
   2. zymologist 1828–
      One versed in zymology.
   3. physico-chemist 1866–
      An expert in or student of physical chemistry, or physics and chemistry.
   4. molecularist 1869–
      A person who brings molecular events or phenomena into explanations of things or descriptions of phenomena.
   5. food chemist 1885–
      A food scientist who specializes in the chemical composition and properties of foods.
   6. thermochemist 1890–
      One who is skilled in thermochemistry.
   7. food scientist 1893–
      An expert or specialist in food science.
   8. photochemist 1894–
      An expert in or student of photochemistry.
   9. physical chemist 1896–
   10. zymotechnologist 1896–
       One versed in zymotechnology.
   11. radiochemist 1917–
       An expert in radiochemistry.
   12. immunochemist 1930–
       An expert or specialist in immunochemistry.
   13. stereochemist 1937–
       An expert or specialist in stereochemistry.
   14. polymer chemist 1948–
       An expert in or student of polymer chemistry.
   15. radiation chemist 1951–
       A specialist in radiation chemistry.
   16. kineticist 1960–
       An expert in or student of kinetics (sense 2) or gas kinetics.
   17. stereologist 1963–
       A person skilled in stereology.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/zʌɪˈmɒlədʒɪst/
zigh-MOL-uh-jisst

### U.S. English

/zaɪˈmɑlədʒəst/
zigh-MAH-luh-juhsst

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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.

####

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

Also †zumologist.

## Frequency

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

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

### Frequency of zymologist, n., 1890–2010

* 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
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1890 | 0.0002
1900 | 0.0002
1910 | 0.0001
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.0002
1940 | 0.0003
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0003
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

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

zymo-, comb. form was first published in 1921; not fully revised.