zonate, adj.

zonate
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zonateadjective

## Earlier version

- zonate, a. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zonate mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zonate. 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 adjective zonate?

About 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1820 | 0.0066
1830 | 0.0072
1840 | 0.0072
1850 | 0.0092
1860 | 0.0099
1870 | 0.012
1880 | 0.015
1890 | 0.015
1900 | 0.023
1910 | 0.029
1920 | 0.03
1930 | 0.032
1940 | 0.032
1950 | 0.03
1960 | 0.029
1970 | 0.021
1980 | 0.014
1990 | 0.012
2000 | 0.01
2010 | 0.0068

### How is the adjective zonate pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzəʊneɪt/
ZOH-nayt

#### U.S. English

/ˈzoʊˌneɪt/
ZOH-nayt

### Where does the adjective zonate come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the adjective zonate is in the 1860s.

OED's only evidence for zonate is from 1866, in a text by John Lindley, botanist and horticulturist, and Thomas Moore, gardener and writer on horticulture.

zonate is a borrowing from Latin.

Etymons: Latin zōnātus.

### Nearby entries

1. zona ignea, n. 1818–
2. zonal, adj. 1867–
3. zonality, n. 1909–
4. zonally, adv. 1873–
5. zonal marking, n. 1958–
6. zona pellucida, n. 1841–
7. zona radiata, n. 1881–
8. zona reticularis, n. 1874–
9. zonarious, adj. 1656–
10. zonary, adj. 1881–
11. zonate, adj.1866–
12. zonated, adj. 1803–
13. zonation, n. 1898–
14. zone, n. a1500–
15. zone, v. 1792–
16. zone centre | zone center, n. 1934–
17. zoned, adj. 1662–
18. zone defence | zone defense, n. 1927–
19. zone electrophoresis, n. 1952–
20. zone fossil, n. 1904–
21. zoneless, adj. 1748–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Latin.
Etymon: Latin zōnātus.
< modern Latin zōnātus, < zōna zone n.: see ‑ate suffix2.

## Meaning & use

Zoology and Botany.

1. 1866–
   Marked with zones, rings, or bands of colour; zoned.
   1. 1866

      > Zonate, Zoned, marked with concentric bands of colour.

      J. Lindley & T. Moore, Treasury of Botany vol. II. 1252/1
   animals plants
   1. ring-straked 1568–
      Having bands of colour round the body. Also more generally: having bands of colour.
   2. ring-streaked 1647–
      = ring-straked, adj. Also in extended uses, and (U.S., chiefly derogatory) in ring-streaked-and-striped.
   3. ringled 1776–
      Marked by circular bands or rings of colour.
   4. zoned 1792–
      Marked with zones, circles, or bands of colour.
   5. ringly 1800–
      = ringled, adj. 3. Now Scottish.
   6. zonated 1803–
   7. ringy 1843–
      Resembling a ring; marked with rings; having rings.
   8. zonate 1866–
      Marked with zones, rings, or bands of colour; zoned.
   9. hooped 1898–
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzəʊneɪt/
ZOH-nayt

### U.S. English

/ˈzoʊˌneɪt/
ZOH-nayt

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##### 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

## Frequency

zonate typically occurs about 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zonate is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 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 zonate, adj., 1820–2010

* 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
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1820 | 0.0066
1830 | 0.0072
1840 | 0.0072
1850 | 0.0092
1860 | 0.0099
1870 | 0.012
1880 | 0.015
1890 | 0.015
1900 | 0.023
1910 | 0.029
1920 | 0.03
1930 | 0.032
1940 | 0.032
1950 | 0.03
1960 | 0.029
1970 | 0.021
1980 | 0.014
1990 | 0.012
2000 | 0.01
2010 | 0.0068

## Compounds & derived words

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1. zonated, adj. 1803–

1. phanerozonate, adj. 1889–
   Denoting, relating to, or characteristic of a…

zonate, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zonate, adj. was last modified in March 2025.