zootechnic, adj.

zootechnic
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# zootechnicadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zootechnic mean?

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

### How common is the adjective zootechnic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1870 | 0.0006
1880 | 0.0008
1890 | 0.0008
1900 | 0.0009
1910 | 0.0008
1920 | 0.0009
1930 | 0.0011
1940 | 0.0012
1950 | 0.001
1960 | 0.001
1970 | 0.0008
1980 | 0.0007
1990 | 0.0006
2000 | 0.0005
2010 | 0.0004

### How is the adjective zootechnic pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪk/
zoo-oh-TECK-nick
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪk/
zoh-oh-TECK-nick

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈtɛknɪk/
zoh-uh-TECK-nick
/ˌzuəˈtɛknɪk/
zoo-uh-TECK-nick

### Where does the adjective zootechnic come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the adjective zootechnic is in the 1860s.

OED's earliest evidence for zootechnic is from 1861, in 15th Annual Rep. Ohio State Board Agric. 1860.

### Nearby entries

1. zoosophy, n. 1662–1848
2. zoosperm, n. 1824–
3. zoospermatic, adj. 1845–79
4. zoosporangiophore, n. 1889–
5. zoosporangium, n. 1862–
6. zoospore, n. 1842–
7. zoosporic, adj. 1854–
8. zoosporous, adj. 1845–
9. zoot, n. 1942–
10. zootaxy, n. 1833–
11. zootechnic, adj.1861–
12. zootechnics, n. 1863–
13. zootechny, n. 1841–
14. zootheca, n. 1852–
15. zoothecium, n. 1880–
16. zootheism, n. 1879–
17. zootheist, n. 1879–
18. zootheistic, adj. 1879–
19. zoothome, n. 1872–
20. zootic, adj. 1816–
21. zootokon, n. 1661

## Meaning & use

1. 1861–
   Of or relating to zootechny; produced by means of zootechny.
   1. 1861

      > The race comes out fixed, constant, and constitutes a ‘zootechnic race’.

      15th Annual Rep. Ohio State Board Agric. 1860 293
   2. 1899

      > The industries of the American aborigines, in connection with..animal life.., may be divided into zoötechnic provinces.

      O. T. Mason in American Anthropologist vol. 1 46
   3. 1918

      > The zoo-technic stations are obliged to possess..200 hectares.

      Science 25 October 416/2
   4. 2012

      > Germany..had the greatest impulse, particularly in the animal farming (zootechnic) field.

      S. J. McPhail et al., Fuel Cells 82
   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)ˈtɛknɪk/
zoo-oh-TECK-nick
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪk/
zoh-oh-TECK-nick

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈtɛknɪk/
zoh-uh-TECK-nick
/ˌzuəˈtɛknɪk/
zoo-uh-TECK-nick

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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

## Frequency

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

zootechnic 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 zootechnic, adj., 1870–2010

* 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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1870 | 0.0006
1880 | 0.0008
1890 | 0.0008
1900 | 0.0009
1910 | 0.0008
1920 | 0.0009
1930 | 0.0011
1940 | 0.0012
1950 | 0.001
1960 | 0.001
1970 | 0.0008
1980 | 0.0007
1990 | 0.0006
2000 | 0.0005
2010 | 0.0004

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

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