Zenonianadjective2
Factsheet
What does the adjective Zenonian mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective Zenonian. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective Zenonian?
| 1750 | 0.0002 |
| 1760 | 0.0003 |
| 1770 | 0.0002 |
| 1780 | 0.0002 |
| 1790 | 0.0002 |
| 1800 | 0.0002 |
| 1810 | 0.0003 |
| 1820 | 0.0004 |
| 1830 | 0.0003 |
| 1840 | 0.0005 |
| 1850 | 0.0005 |
| 1860 | 0.0005 |
| 1870 | 0.0006 |
| 1880 | 0.0006 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0007 |
| 1910 | 0.0006 |
| 1920 | 0.0008 |
| 1930 | 0.0008 |
| 1940 | 0.0008 |
| 1950 | 0.0009 |
| 1960 | 0.0011 |
| 1970 | 0.001 |
| 1980 | 0.0011 |
| 1990 | 0.001 |
| 2000 | 0.001 |
| 2010 | 0.001 |
How is the adjective Zenonian pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective Zenonian come from?
Earliest known use
mid 1700s
The earliest known use of the adjective Zenonian is in the mid 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for Zenonian is from 1756, in a translation by G. Harris.
Zenonian is a borrowing from Latin.
Etymons: Latin Zenonianus.
Nearby entries
- Zen master, n.1907–
- Zenned-out, adj.1968–
- Zennist, adj. & n.1904–
- zeno-, comb. form
- zenocentric, adj.1911–
- Zenocratically, adv.1588
- zenographic, adj.1853–
- zenographical, adj.1853–
- zenography, n.1890–
- Zenonian, adj.¹ & n.¹1654–
- Zenonian, adj.²1756–
- Zenonian, adj.³ & n.²1837–
- Zenonic, adj.¹1779–
- Zenonic, adj.²1827–
- Zenonism, n.¹1789–
- Zenonism, n.²1935–
- zenzi-, comb. form
- zenzic, n. & adj.1557–71
- zenzicube, adj. & n.1557–1690
- zenzicubic, adj.1557–71
- zenzicubicube, n.a1690
Etymology
Summary
Notes
Meaning & use
- 1756–Of or relating to the Byzantine Emperor Zeno (reigned 474–91), or the period of his rule.
- 1756
The Zenonian law [Latin lex Zenoniana] was enacted.
G. Harris, translation of Justinian, Institutions iii. xxv. 81 - 1851
The Zenonian law of plantations.
Freeman's Journal (Dublin) 22 September - 1922
The great apostolic see of Rome, maintaining its majestic unity unbroken, with the brief exceptions of the Zenonian and Photian schisms, for a thousand years.
Encyclopaedia of Religion & Ethics vol. XII. 413/1 - 1972
He accepted Guyer's Zenonian dating for Meryemlik.
Anatolian Studies vol. 22 210 - 2014
Harmenopoulos included Julian's ‘laws’ in his compilation Hexabiblos, side by side with the Zenonian laws.
B. S. Hakim, Mediterranean Urbanism 131
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
Zenonian typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
Zenonian 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 of Zenonian, adj.², 1750–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1750 | 0.0002 |
| 1760 | 0.0003 |
| 1770 | 0.0002 |
| 1780 | 0.0002 |
| 1790 | 0.0002 |
| 1800 | 0.0002 |
| 1810 | 0.0003 |
| 1820 | 0.0004 |
| 1830 | 0.0003 |
| 1840 | 0.0005 |
| 1850 | 0.0005 |
| 1860 | 0.0005 |
| 1870 | 0.0006 |
| 1880 | 0.0006 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0007 |
| 1910 | 0.0006 |
| 1920 | 0.0008 |
| 1930 | 0.0008 |
| 1940 | 0.0008 |
| 1950 | 0.0009 |
| 1960 | 0.0011 |
| 1970 | 0.001 |
| 1980 | 0.0011 |
| 1990 | 0.001 |
| 2000 | 0.001 |
| 2010 | 0.001 |