zoonerythrinnoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zoonerythrin mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoonerythrin. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zoonerythrin?
| 1890 | 0.0005 |
| 1900 | 0.0014 |
| 1910 | 0.0012 |
| 1920 | 0.001 |
| 1930 | 0.0008 |
| 1940 | 0.0008 |
| 1950 | 0.0008 |
| 1960 | 0.0007 |
| 1970 | 0.00008 |
| 1980 | 0.00007 |
| 1990 | 0.00003 |
| 2000 | 0.00003 |
| 2010 | 0.00001 |
How is the noun zoonerythrin pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zoonerythrin come from?
Earliest known use
1880s
The earliest known use of the noun zoonerythrin is in the 1880s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoonerythrin is from 1882, in Bulletin Nuttall Ornithol. Club.
Nearby entries
- zoomorphizing, n.1895–
- zoomorphosed, adj.1955–
- zoom shot, n.1930–
- zoomy, adj.1931–
- zoomythic, adj.1889–
- zoon, n.1851–1905
- zoon, v.1880–
- zoon, int.1863–
- -zoon, comb. form
- zoonate, n.1798–1857
- zoonerythrin, n.1882–
- zoonic, adj.1798–1853
- zooning, n.1885–
- Zoonist, adj.1890–97
- zoonite, n.1838–
- zoonitic, adj.1860–91
- zoonomic, adj.1836–
- zoonomical, adj.1800–
- zoonomist, n.1800–99
- zoonomy, n.1800–
- zoonosis, n.1873–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1882–A red carotenoid pigment found animals, esp. in the plumage of certain birds; = zooerythrin n.
- 1882
Zoönerythrin, another red pigment of much wider distribution, is found in red feathers.
Bulletin Nuttall Ornithol. Club vol. 7 115 - 1883
Three different substances have been found in the red and yellow feathers of birds, to which have been given the names Turacin, Zoonerythrin, and Zoofuloin.
Annual Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1881 476 in U.S. Congressional Serial Set (47th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Misc. Doc. 109) vol. II - a1933
The lobster has a second pigment, quite apart from zoönerythrin.
J. A. Thomson, Biology for Everyman (1934) vol. I. xi. 226
the world animals birds perching birds order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) [nouns] family Musophagidae (turaco) parts of- zooerythrin1871–A red carotenoid pigment found animals, esp. in the plumage of certain birds.
- zoofulvin1871–A yellow carotenoid pigment (xanthophyll) found in the plumage of certain birds.
- zoonerythrin1882–A red carotenoid pigment found animals, esp. in the plumage of certain birds; = zooerythrin, n.
the world animals invertebrates subkingdom Parazoa phylum Porifera [nouns] member of parts of red pigment- zooerythrin1871–A red carotenoid pigment found animals, esp. in the plumage of certain birds.
- zoonerythrin1882–A red carotenoid pigment found animals, esp. in the plumage of certain birds; = zooerythrin, n.
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
zoonerythrin typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zoonerythrin 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 of zoonerythrin, n., 1890–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1890 | 0.0005 |
| 1900 | 0.0014 |
| 1910 | 0.0012 |
| 1920 | 0.001 |
| 1930 | 0.0008 |
| 1940 | 0.0008 |
| 1950 | 0.0008 |
| 1960 | 0.0007 |
| 1970 | 0.00008 |
| 1980 | 0.00007 |
| 1990 | 0.00003 |
| 2000 | 0.00003 |
| 2010 | 0.00001 |