zinconoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zinco mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zinco. 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 zinco?
| 1880 | 0.0048 |
| 1890 | 0.0053 |
| 1900 | 0.0058 |
| 1910 | 0.0059 |
| 1920 | 0.007 |
| 1930 | 0.0089 |
| 1940 | 0.0092 |
| 1950 | 0.0092 |
| 1960 | 0.0093 |
| 1970 | 0.0086 |
| 1980 | 0.0082 |
| 1990 | 0.008 |
| 2000 | 0.0057 |
| 2010 | 0.0054 |
How is the noun zinco pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zinco come from?
Earliest known use
1880s
The earliest known use of the noun zinco is in the 1880s.
OED's earliest evidence for zinco is from 1887, in Scottish Leader.
zinco is formed within English, by clipping or shortening.
Etymons: zincograph n.
Nearby entries
- zinc green, n.1847–
- zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n.1881–
- zincian, adj.1930–
- zincic, adj.1860–
- zinciferous, adj.1820–
- zincification, n.1891–
- zincify, v.1801–
- zinc-iron, n. & adj.1849–
- zincite, n.1854–
- zinckenite, n.1835–
- zinco, n.1887–
- zinco-, comb. form
- zincode, n.1839–
- zincograph, n.1888–
- zincograph, v.1865–
- zincographer, n.1839–
- zincographic, adj.1850–
- zincography, n.1834–
- zincoid, n.1842–
- zinc orange, n.1918–
- zincous, adj.1842–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1887–
- 1887
The zinco has some resemblance to Mr. G.
Scottish Leader 23 November 5 - 1889
Drawings Wanted (on litho paper for zincoing) for a Provincial Journal.
Athenæum 26 October 541/2 - 1891
Various ‘processes’ of which the ‘zinco-process’ is one of the commonest.
Cost of Production (ed. 2) 44
society leisure the arts visual arts printmaking engraving intaglio printing [nouns] engraving, etching on, or printing from zinc print- zinco1887–= zincograph, n.
- zincograph1888–A design or impression produced by zincography.
- In various other terms: zincocalcite n. British English/zɪŋkəʊˈkælsaɪt/ Mineralogy (see quot. 1892). zincolysis n. British English/zɪŋˈkɒlɪsɪs/…
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.
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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
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.
Frequency
zinco typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zinco 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 zinco, n., 1880–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1880 | 0.0048 |
| 1890 | 0.0053 |
| 1900 | 0.0058 |
| 1910 | 0.0059 |
| 1920 | 0.007 |
| 1930 | 0.0089 |
| 1940 | 0.0092 |
| 1950 | 0.0092 |
| 1960 | 0.0093 |
| 1970 | 0.0086 |
| 1980 | 0.0082 |
| 1990 | 0.008 |
| 2000 | 0.0057 |
| 2010 | 0.0054 |