< the name of Zeeland, the name of a province of the Netherlands (see Zeelandern.) + ‑ishsuffix1…
< the name of Zeeland, the name of a province of the Netherlands (see Zeelandern.) + ‑ishsuffix1.
Notes
Compare DutchZeelandsch, †Zeelantsch, (now usually) Zeelands (late 16th cent. or earlier), and also Middle Low Germanzeelandesch.
Meaning & use
1593–
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands (see Zeelandern.), its people, or its dialect. Also as n.: the dialect of Dutch spoken in Zeeland.
All these Isles are called Voorn, & be in deede Zeelandish Islells [French Isles Selandoises], and were in times past vnder the iurisdiction of Zeland.
T. Danett, translation of L. Guicciardini, Descr. Low Countreys f. 70
Letters shall bee written to the Commanders of places, where the Zealandish Companies lie.
translation of L. van Aitzema, Notable Revolutions Netherlands 24
1778
The duke of Clarence, and the earl of Warwick attacked several Hollandish and Zeelandish ships.
B. Romans, Ann. Troubles Netherlandsvol. I. Introduction p. cxi
1858
However high we rate the Hollandish and Zeelandish..influence, others have assigned to it..much wider a range and loftier an elevation.
J. W. de Peyster, Hist. Carusius 161
1914
This hospitable little province of Zeelandish Flanders is still paying patiently for the support of a large number of Belgian refugees.
New York Times 6 December 15/5
1976
The heraldic device on its [sc. a warship] stern could be of Zeelandish origin.
Landscape in Flemish & Dutch Drawings 17th Century (Musées Royaux des Beaux-arts de Belgique) 20/1
2007
Jersey Dutch was based mainly on southern Netherlandish dialects (Zeelandish and Flemish).
D. C. Major & J. S. Major, Huguenot on Hackensack 215
2013
The island of Goeree-Overflakkee belongs to the Zealandish dialect area but does not show all its characteristic phonological phenomena.
J. Taeldeman in F. Hinskens & J. Taeldeman, Lang. & Spacevol. III.ii. ix. 166
Pronunciation
British English
/ˈziːləndɪʃ/
ZEE-luhn-dish
/ziːˈlandɪʃ/
zee-LAN-dish
U.S. English
/ˈziləndɪʃ/
ZEE-luhn-dish
/ˌziˈlændɪʃ/
zee-LAN-dish
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.
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.
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
1500s–
Zeelandish
1600s
Zelandish
1600s–
Zealandish
Frequency
Zeelandish typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
Zeelandish 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 Zeelandish, adj., 1850–2010
* 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
1850
0.00004
1860
0.00003
1870
0.0001
1880
0.0002
1890
0.0002
1900
0.0003
1910
0.0003
1920
0.0003
1930
0.0003
1940
0.0002
1950
0.0001
1960
0.0001
1970
0.0001
1980
0.0001
1990
0.0001
2000
0.0001
2010
0.0001
Zeelandish, adj. was first published in June 2018.