zinced, adj. & n.

zinced
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zinced_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
First published 1921; not fully revised

# 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?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

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

/zɪŋkt/

### Nearby entries

1. Zincalo, n. 1841–
2. zinc-alum, n. 1851–
3. zinc-amide, n. 1859–
4. zincate, n. 1872–
5. zinc-blende, n. 1842–
6. zinc-bloom, n. 1842–
7. zinc chloride, n. 1851–
8. zinc chromate, n. 1851–
9. zinc chrome, n. 1892–
10. zinc-dust, n. 1877–
11. zinced, adj. & n.1841–
12. zinc finger, n. 1987–
13. zinc-foil, n. 1851–
14. zinc green, n. 1847–
15. zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n. 1881–
16. zincian, adj. 1930–
17. zincic, adj. 1860–
18. zinciferous, adj. 1820–
19. zincification, n. 1891–
20. zincify, v. 1801–
21. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–

## Meaning & use

1. 1841–
   See zinc v.
   1. 1841

      > Zinked nails and bolts.

      Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal vol. 4 353/2
   2. 1841

      > The advantage of zinced iron.

      W. T. Brande, Manual of Chemistry (ed. 5) 731
   3. 1890

      > The conditions under which the zincked pipe is to be used.

      Journal of Franklin Institute November 401
   4. 1895

      > The little barn finished with a zinked iron roof.

      Morris in Mackail, W.M. (1899) vol. II. 319
   metal industry
   1. zinced 1841–
   2. sherardized 1904–
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/zɪŋkt/

####

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

### 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

Originally published as part of the entry for zinc, v.

zinc, v. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.