zooplanktonicadjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zooplanktonic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zooplanktonic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zooplanktonic?
| 1920 | 0.0014 |
| 1930 | 0.0018 |
| 1940 | 0.0039 |
| 1950 | 0.0052 |
| 1960 | 0.0068 |
| 1970 | 0.0076 |
| 1980 | 0.0084 |
| 1990 | 0.0091 |
| 2000 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 0.0094 |
How is the adjective zooplanktonic pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zooplanktonic come from?
Earliest known use
1910s
The earliest known use of the adjective zooplanktonic is in the 1910s.
OED's earliest evidence for zooplanktonic is from 1912, in Rep. 81st Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1911.
zooplanktonic is formed within English, by compounding.
Etymons: zoo- comb. form, planktonic adj.
Nearby entries
- zoophytography, n.1735–1905
- zoophytoid, adj.1854–83
- zoophytological, adj.1823–
- zoophytologist, n.1835–
- zoophytology, n.1815–
- zoophyton, n.1601–
- zooplankter, n.1935–
- zooplanktivore, n.1972–
- zooplanktivorous, adj.1971–
- zooplankton, n.1897–
- zooplanktonic, adj.1912–
- zooplastic, adj.a1855–
- zoopraxinoscope, n.1889–
- zoopraxiscope, n.1881–
- zoopraxography, n.1891–
- zoopsychology, n.1847–
- zooscopic, adj.1817–
- zooscopy, n.1891–
- zoosematic, adj.1898–1909
- zoosemiotics, n.1963–
- zoosophy, n.1662–1848
Etymology
Summary
Meaning & use
- 1912–Relating to, consisting of, or constituting zooplankton.
- 1912
In the high Alpine lakes there exists an outstanding production of zooplanktonic organisms.
Rep. 81st Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1911 422 - 1964
This technique..is well suited to analysis of zooplanktonic extracts.
Oceanography & Marine Biology vol. 2 152 - 2010
Increasing summer temperatures have reduced the quantity of zooplanktonic food available for larval and juvenile cod.
Western Morning News (Nexis) 28 December 18
- planktonic1893–Of, relating to, characteristic of, or found in plankton; designating an organism that habitually floats or drifts in water, or a stage in the life…
- zooplanktonic1912–Relating to, consisting of, or constituting zooplankton.
- planktic1947–= planktonic, 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
Frequency
zooplanktonic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zooplanktonic 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 zooplanktonic, adj., 1920–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1920 | 0.0014 |
| 1930 | 0.0018 |
| 1940 | 0.0039 |
| 1950 | 0.0052 |
| 1960 | 0.0068 |
| 1970 | 0.0076 |
| 1980 | 0.0084 |
| 1990 | 0.0091 |
| 2000 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 0.0094 |