zelatrice, n.

zelatrice
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Revised 2018

# zelatricenoun

## Earlier version

- zelatrice in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zelatrice mean?

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

### How common is the noun zelatrice?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1870 | 0.0004
1880 | 0.0004
1890 | 0.0004
1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0003
1920 | 0.0003
1930 | 0.0004
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0001
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.0001
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

### How is the noun zelatrice pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɛlətrɪs/
ZEL-uh-triss

#### U.S. English

/ˈzɛlətrɪs/
ZEL-uh-triss

### Where does the noun zelatrice come from?

Earliest known use

1870s

The earliest known use of the noun zelatrice is in the 1870s.

OED's earliest evidence for zelatrice is from 1874, in Illustr. Monitor.

zelatrice is a borrowing from French.

Etymons: French zélatrice.

### Nearby entries

1. zef, adj. 1990–
2. zegadine, n. 1651–
3. zeilanite, n. 1815–
4. zein, n. 1820–
5. Zeiss, n. 1876–
6. zeitgeber, n. 1958–
7. zeitgeist, n. 1848–
8. zeitgeisty, adj. 1966–
9. zek, n. 1968–
10. zelant, n. 1624–26
11. zelatrice, n.1874–
12. zelatrix, n. 1865–
13. Zeldovich, n. 1956–
14. Zelig, n. 1984–
15. Zelig-like, adj. 1983–
16. zelkova, n. 1836–
17. zelotypia, n. 1566–
18. zelotyping, adj. a1660
19. zelotypist, n.?1632
20. zelotypy, n. 1623–1794
21. Zemblan, n. & adj. 1674–1805

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from French.
Etymon: French zélatrice.
< French zélatrice (1752) < post-classical Latin zelatrix zelatrix n.; compare ‑trice suffix.

Compare earlier zelatrix n.…
< French zélatrice (1752) < post-classical Latin zelatrix zelatrix n.; compare ‑trice suffix.

Compare earlier zelatrix n.

### Notes

Compare Italian zelatrice (1837 or earlier).
In form zealatrice with alteration after zeal n.

## Meaning & use

1. 1874–
   A female zealator; = zelatrix n.
   1. 1874

      > Nearly every member who attended the meeting held on the 17th August, offered herself as a zealatrice, and promised to use every effort to induce her family, friends, and neighbours, to join.

      Illustr. Monitor 15 September 25/2
   2. 1902

      > A zelatrice is a curiosity of religion in Ireland.

      M. J. F. McCarthy, Priests & People in Ireland 200
   3. 2011

      > She served as assistant superior until 1778, then zelatrice until her death in 1780.

      M. Forster, 100 more Canadian Heroines 352

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɛlətrɪs/
ZEL-uh-triss

### U.S. English

/ˈzɛlətrɪs/
ZEL-uh-triss

####

##### 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

## Forms

### Variant forms

1. 1800s–
   zealatrice, zelatrice

## Frequency

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

zelatrice 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 zelatrice, n., 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
--- | ---
1870 | 0.0004
1880 | 0.0004
1890 | 0.0004
1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0003
1920 | 0.0003
1930 | 0.0004
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0001
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.0001
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

zelatrice, n. was revised in June 2018.

zelatrice, n. was last modified in September 2024.