zoogeographicaladjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zoogeographical mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoogeographical. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zoogeographical?
| 1860 | 0.006 |
| 1870 | 0.0068 |
| 1880 | 0.012 |
| 1890 | 0.015 |
| 1900 | 0.021 |
| 1910 | 0.031 |
| 1920 | 0.038 |
| 1930 | 0.049 |
| 1940 | 0.057 |
| 1950 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 0.061 |
| 1970 | 0.058 |
| 1980 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 0.047 |
| 2000 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 0.034 |
How is the adjective zoogeographical pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zoogeographical come from?
Earliest known use
1860s
The earliest known use of the adjective zoogeographical is in the 1860s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoogeographical is from 1864, in Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society.
zoogeographical is formed within English, by compounding.
Etymons: zoo- comb. form, geographical adj.
Nearby entries
- zooerythrin, n.1871–
- zooflagellate, n. & adj.1911–
- zooful, n.1914–
- zoofulvin, n.1871–
- zoogamete, n.1879–
- zoogene, n.1820–69
- zoogenic, adj.1842–
- zoogeny, n.1826–
- zoogeographer, n.1868–
- zoogeographic, adj.1875–
- zoogeographical, adj.1864–
- zoogeographically, adv.1883–
- zoogeography, n.1851–
- zoogeological, adj.1841–
- zoogeologist, n.1844–
- zoogeology, n.1838–
- zoogloea, n.1861–
- zoogloeal, adj.1879–
- zoogloeic, adj.1883–
- zoogonic, adj.1787–
- zoogonidium, n.1857–
Etymology
Summary
Meaning & use
- 1864–Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographic adj.
- 1864
He has prepared zoo-geographical maps of all the regions he traversed.
Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society vol. 8 p. cxliv - a1933
The geographical and climatic conditions of Palestine, limited in area though it is, made possible a very varied fauna, representative indeed of several different zoögeographical regions.
J. A. Thomson, Biology for Everyman (1934) vol. II. 895 - 1968
Wallace's Line..marks the zoogeographical boundary between the Oriental and Australian regions.
I. W. Cornwall, Prehistoric Animals & their Hunters ii. 50 - 2008
Zoogeographical barriers on the South American continent therefore seem to be less of a factor in the distribution of the dragonflies than are the ecological tolerances of the individual species.
C. W. Heckman, Encycl. Aquatic Insects: Odonata–Zygoptera 39
- zoographic1829–Of or relating to the description of animals and their characteristics. In later use esp.: of or relating to (the study of) the geographical…
- zoogeographical1864–Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographic, adj.
- zoogeographic1875–Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographical, adj.
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
Forms
Variant forms
- 1800s–zoogeographical, zoögeographical
Frequency
zoogeographical typically occurs about 0.05 times per million words in modern written English.
zoogeographical is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoogeographical, adj., 1860–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1860 | 0.006 |
| 1870 | 0.0068 |
| 1880 | 0.012 |
| 1890 | 0.015 |
| 1900 | 0.021 |
| 1910 | 0.031 |
| 1920 | 0.038 |
| 1930 | 0.049 |
| 1940 | 0.057 |
| 1950 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 0.061 |
| 1970 | 0.058 |
| 1980 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 0.047 |
| 2000 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 0.034 |
Compounds & derived words
- zoogeographically, adv. 1883–As regards zoogeography.
- = palaeozoogeographic, adj.