zeolitize, v.

zeolitize
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Revised 2018

# zeolitizeverb

## Factsheet

### What does the verb zeolitize mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb zeolitize. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the verb zeolitize?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.0007
1900 | 0.0009
1910 | 0.0009
1920 | 0.0019
1930 | 0.0023
1940 | 0.0024
1950 | 0.0027
1960 | 0.0029
1970 | 0.0028
1980 | 0.0027
1990 | 0.0019
2000 | 0.0017
2010 | 0.0016

### How is the verb zeolitize pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈziːəlᵻtʌɪz/
ZEE-uh-luh-tighz

#### U.S. English

/ˈziələˌtaɪz/
ZEE-uh-luh-tighz

### Where does the verb zeolitize come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the verb zeolitize is in the 1880s.

OED's earliest evidence for zeolitize is from 1881, in Journal of Chemical Society.

zeolitize is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zeolite n., ‑ize suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zenzizenzic, adj. & n. 1557–1690
2. zenzizenzicube, n. a1690
3. zenzizenzicubic, adj. a1690
4. zenzizenzizenzic, n. 1557–1690
5. zeolite, n. 1770–
6. zeolitic, adj. 1782–
7. zeolitical, adj. 1788–
8. zeolitically, adv. 1926–
9. zeolitiform, adj. 1788–
10. zeolitization, n. 1879–
11. zeolitize, v.1881–
12. zeolitized, adj. 1888–
13. Zephiran, n. 1935–
14. Zéphirine Drouhin, n. 1901–
15. zephyr, n. Old English–
16. zephyr, v. 1829–
17. zephyranth, n. 1845–
18. zephyranthes, n. 1821–
19. zephyrean, adj. 1793–
20. zephyret, n. 1777–1881
21. zephyr flower, n.?1829–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
< zeolite n. + ‑ize suffix, after zeolitization n.

## Meaning & use

Chiefly Geology.

1. 1881–
   transitive. To convert (a rock or mineral) into a zeolite or zeolites. Chiefly in passive. Cf. zeolitization n.
   1. 1881

      > In the first stages the nephelin is zeolitised, as well as sodalite; in the second and third stages, kaolinisation of the felspars, and removal of the zeolites occur.

      Journal of Chemical Society vol. 40 700
   2. 1887

      > The chief type of olivine rock is described as a felspathic peridotite: besides olivine, bronzite and diallage, it contains up to five per cent. of bytownite, partly zeolitized.

      Geological Magazine February 88
   3. 1989

      > There is no sharp difference between the tephra zeolitized in this way and tephra which has undergone diagenetic zeolitization.

      European Journal Mineralogy vol. 1 482/1
   4. 2012

      > Utilisation of these streams could be of mutual advantage to the process of zeolitising fly ashes and the aluminium anodising industry.

      Fuel vol. 97 18/1
   geology minerals
   1. zeolitize 1881–
      transitive. To convert (a rock or mineral) into a zeolite or zeolites. Chiefly in passive. Cf. zeolitization, n.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈziːəlᵻtʌɪz/
ZEE-uh-luh-tighz

### U.S. English

/ˈziələˌtaɪz/
ZEE-uh-luh-tighz

####

##### 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.

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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

## Forms

### Variant forms

1. 1800s–
   zeolitise, zeolitize

## Frequency

zeolitize typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zeolitize 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 data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zeolitize, v., 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 | 0.0007
1900 | 0.0009
1910 | 0.0009
1920 | 0.0019
1930 | 0.0023
1940 | 0.0024
1950 | 0.0027
1960 | 0.0029
1970 | 0.0028
1980 | 0.0027
1990 | 0.0019
2000 | 0.0017
2010 | 0.0016

## Compounds & derived words

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1. zeolitized, adj. 1888–
   That has been subjected to zeolitization.

Originally published as part of the entry for zeolite, n.

zeolitize, v. was revised in June 2018.

zeolitize, v. was last modified in March 2025.