zootechnynoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zootechny mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zootechny. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zootechny?
| 1850 | 0.002 |
| 1860 | 0.0019 |
| 1870 | 0.0021 |
| 1880 | 0.0022 |
| 1890 | 0.0025 |
| 1900 | 0.0026 |
| 1910 | 0.0022 |
| 1920 | 0.0022 |
| 1930 | 0.0023 |
| 1940 | 0.0023 |
| 1950 | 0.0021 |
| 1960 | 0.0017 |
| 1970 | 0.0017 |
| 1980 | 0.0015 |
| 1990 | 0.0015 |
| 2000 | 0.0015 |
| 2010 | 0.001 |
How is the noun zootechny pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zootechny come from?
Earliest known use
1840s
The earliest known use of the noun zootechny is in the 1840s.
OED's earliest evidence for zootechny is from 1841, in the writing of R. Park.
Nearby entries
- zoospermatic, adj.1845–79
- zoosporangiophore, n.1889–
- zoosporangium, n.1862–
- zoospore, n.1842–
- zoosporic, adj.1854–
- zoosporous, adj.1845–
- zoot, n.1942–
- zootaxy, n.1833–
- zootechnic, adj.1861–
- zootechnics, n.1863–
- zootechny, n.1841–
- zootheca, n.1852–
- zoothecium, n.1880–
- zootheism, n.1879–
- zootheist, n.1879–
- zootheistic, adj.1879–
- zoothome, n.1872–
- zootic, adj.1816–
- zootokon, n.1661
- zootomic, adj.1801–
- zootomical, adj.1799–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1841–The practice or activity of keeping domesticated or captive animals for any purpose; the science or technology of rearing, handling, and breeding livestock; cf. zooculture n.
- 1841
The names of these sciences..Agriculture;..Zoology;..Zootechny.
R. Park, Pantology 31 - 1902
Breeders..will contribute live stock for..courses in zootechny and animal breeding.
Science 20 June 997/2 - 2010
The main by-product of the vegetable oil extraction..is used in zootechny as animal feeds.
G. Lorenzini et al., Solar Thermal & Bio-mass 180
- rearinga1398–The action or practice of bringing a person, animal, or (occasionally) plant to maturity or to a certain stage of growth; the breeding and…
- nourishing1615The action of nourish, v. (in various senses).
- conservation1646–67The action or practice of taking care of and looking after domestic animals. Obsolete.
- zoosophy1662–1848The knowledge or study of animals; spec. (a) animal husbandry; (b) the branch of biology concerned with animals and their development; zoology.
- culture1744–The rearing or raising of certain animals, such as fish, oysters, bees, etc., or the production of natural animal products such as silk.
- cultivation1791–The raising or improvement of animals, fish, etc., esp. for commercial purposes. Cf. culture, n. I.2b.
- zoogeny1826–The process of animal reproduction and development; the origin or evolution of animals or animal species. Also: a theory, doctrine, or account of…
- zootechny1841–The practice or activity of keeping domesticated or captive animals for any purpose; the science or technology of rearing, handling, and breeding…
- stock-keeping1844–
- animal husbandry1851–The branch of agriculture concerned with the breeding and rearing of livestock.
- ranching1851–The rearing of cattle on a ranch; stockbreeding. Also: the farming of game, fish, etc., for commercial purposes.
- conditioning1861–The act of bringing an animal, etc., into good condition.
- zootechnics1863–= zootechny, n.
- zooculture1873–The practice or activity of rearing and breeding domesticated or captive animals; cf. zootechny, n.
- zootrophy1877–1901The practice of rearing or tending animals. Obsolete. rare.
- animaliculture1879–The rearing of animals or livestock as a branch of industry or agriculture.
- mothering1922–Agriculture (originally New Zealand). The pairing of a motherless lamb with a ewe whose lamb has died. Also: the pairing of a lamb with its mother…
- stockmanship1959–The art of raising or looking after livestock.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. 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.
View the pronunciation model here.
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
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
zootechny typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zootechny 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 of zootechny, n., 1850–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.002 |
| 1860 | 0.0019 |
| 1870 | 0.0021 |
| 1880 | 0.0022 |
| 1890 | 0.0025 |
| 1900 | 0.0026 |
| 1910 | 0.0022 |
| 1920 | 0.0022 |
| 1930 | 0.0023 |
| 1940 | 0.0023 |
| 1950 | 0.0021 |
| 1960 | 0.0017 |
| 1970 | 0.0017 |
| 1980 | 0.0015 |
| 1990 | 0.0015 |
| 2000 | 0.0015 |
| 2010 | 0.001 |