zirconatenoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zirconate mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zirconate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zirconate?
| 1860 | 0.0034 |
| 1870 | 0.0039 |
| 1880 | 0.0043 |
| 1890 | 0.0057 |
| 1900 | 0.0074 |
| 1910 | 0.0087 |
| 1920 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 0.016 |
| 1940 | 0.021 |
| 1950 | 0.025 |
| 1960 | 0.029 |
| 1970 | 0.033 |
| 1980 | 0.038 |
| 1990 | 0.041 |
| 2000 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 0.041 |
How is the noun zirconate pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zirconate come from?
Earliest known use
1820s
The earliest known use of the noun zirconate is in the 1820s.
OED's earliest evidence for zirconate is from 1820, in Philosophical Magazine.
zirconate is a borrowing from French.
Etymons: French zirconate.
Nearby entries
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- zip wire, n.1971–
- zir, pron.1993–
- zir, adj.1993–
- ziraleet, n.1794–
- ziram, n.1950–
- zirbal, adj.?a1425–
- zirbus, n.a1400–
- zircaloy, n.1953–
- zircon, n.1794–
- zirconate, n.1820–
- zircon blue, n. & adj.1928–
- zircon earth, n.1794–
- zirconia, n.1794–
- zirconian, adj.1802–
- zirconic, adj.1804–
- zirconite, n.1806–
- zirconitic, adj.1883–
- zirconium, n.1808–
- zircon-like, adj.1857–
- zircono-, comb. form
Etymology
Summary
Meaning & use
- 1820–A salt containing oxyanions of zirconium; esp. a salt of the anion ZrO32−. Chiefly as a formative element in chemical names.
- 1820
There remained a zirconate of potash [French zirconate de potasse], blended with oxides of iron, of copper, and of silver.
Philosophical Magazine vol. 55 377 - 1922
The dioxide, ZrO2... It forms a series of zirconates, e.g., Na2ZrO3.
T. M. Lowry, Inorganic Chemistry xxxv. 680 - 2005
Lead zirconate titanate..is a ferroelectric ceramic used in piezoelectric and dielectric applications.
R. E. Newnham, Properties of Materials ix. 59
the world matter chemistry chemical substances salts [nouns] salts named by atomic number zirconates- zirconate1820–A salt containing oxyanions of zirconium; esp. a salt of the anion ZrO3 ²⁻. Chiefly as a formative element in chemical names.
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
zirconate typically occurs about 0.04 times per million words in modern written English.
zirconate 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 of zirconate, n., 1860–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1860 | 0.0034 |
| 1870 | 0.0039 |
| 1880 | 0.0043 |
| 1890 | 0.0057 |
| 1900 | 0.0074 |
| 1910 | 0.0087 |
| 1920 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 0.016 |
| 1940 | 0.021 |
| 1950 | 0.025 |
| 1960 | 0.029 |
| 1970 | 0.033 |
| 1980 | 0.038 |
| 1990 | 0.041 |
| 2000 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 0.041 |
Frequency of zirconate, n., 2017–2024
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Modern frequency series are derived from a corpus of 20 billion words, covering the period from 2017 to the present. The corpus is mainly compiled from online news sources, and covers all major varieties of World English.
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 corpus.
| Period | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.029 |
| 2018 | 0.022 |
| 2019 | 0.019 |
| 2020 | 0.0022 |
| 2021 | 0.0032 |
| 2022 | 0.0028 |
| 2023 | 0.0028 |
| 2024 | 0.0026 |