zootechnics, n.

zootechnics
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# zootechnicsnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zootechnics mean?

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

### How common is the noun zootechnics?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1870 | 0.0016
1880 | 0.0018
1890 | 0.0016
1900 | 0.0017
1910 | 0.0022
1920 | 0.0029
1930 | 0.0032
1940 | 0.0034
1950 | 0.0036
1960 | 0.0037
1970 | 0.0035
1980 | 0.0031
1990 | 0.0027
2000 | 0.0024
2010 | 0.0019

### How is the noun zootechnics pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪks/
zoo-oh-TECK-nicks
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪks/
zoh-oh-TECK-nicks

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈtɛknɪks/
zoh-uh-TECK-nicks
/ˌzuəˈtɛknɪks/
zoo-uh-TECK-nicks

### Where does the noun zootechnics come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the noun zootechnics is in the 1860s.

OED's earliest evidence for zootechnics is from 1863, in Anthropol. Review.

### Nearby entries

1. zoosperm, n. 1824–
2. zoospermatic, adj. 1845–79
3. zoosporangiophore, n. 1889–
4. zoosporangium, n. 1862–
5. zoospore, n. 1842–
6. zoosporic, adj. 1854–
7. zoosporous, adj. 1845–
8. zoot, n. 1942–
9. zootaxy, n. 1833–
10. zootechnic, adj. 1861–
11. zootechnics, n.1863–
12. zootechny, n. 1841–
13. zootheca, n. 1852–
14. zoothecium, n. 1880–
15. zootheism, n. 1879–
16. zootheist, n. 1879–
17. zootheistic, adj. 1879–
18. zoothome, n. 1872–
19. zootic, adj. 1816–
20. zootokon, n. 1661
21. zootomic, adj. 1801–

## Meaning & use

1. 1863–
   = zootechny n.
   1. 1863

      > The application of the facts furnished by zootechnics, namely, the examples of the races of domestic animals to the study of general anthropology.

      Anthropol. Review vol. 1 303
   2. 1900

      > [In] the genus Homo..one can neither speak of the ‘species’, the ‘variety’, nor the ‘race’ in the sense that is usually attributed to these words in zoology or in zootechnics.

      translation of J. Deniker, Races of Man (ed. 2) Introduction 4
   3. 2007

      > Darwin's concept of evolution as natural selection was extrapolated from the zootechnics of horses.

      Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia vol. 63 672
   agriculture
   1. rearing a1398–
      The action or practice of bringing a person, animal, or (occasionally) plant to maturity or to a certain stage of growth; the breeding and…
   2. nourishing 1615
      The action of nourish, v. (in various senses).
   3. conservation 1646–67
      The action or practice of taking care of and looking after domestic animals. Obsolete.
   4. zoosophy 1662–1848
      The knowledge or study of animals; spec. (a) animal husbandry; (b) the branch of biology concerned with animals and their development; zoology.
   5. culture 1744–
      The rearing or raising of certain animals, such as fish, oysters, bees, etc., or the production of natural animal products such as silk.
   6. cultivation 1791–
      The raising or improvement of animals, fish, etc., esp. for commercial purposes. Cf. culture, n. I.2b.
   7. zoogeny 1826–
      The process of animal reproduction and development; the origin or evolution of animals or animal species. Also: a theory, doctrine, or account of…
   8. zootechny 1841–
      The practice or activity of keeping domesticated or captive animals for any purpose; the science or technology of rearing, handling, and breeding…
   9. stock-keeping 1844–
   10. animal husbandry 1851–
       The branch of agriculture concerned with the breeding and rearing of livestock.
   11. ranching 1851–
       The rearing of cattle on a ranch; stockbreeding. Also: the farming of game, fish, etc., for commercial purposes.
   12. conditioning 1861–
       The act of bringing an animal, etc., into good condition.
   13. zootechnics 1863–
       = zootechny, n.
   14. zooculture 1873–
       The practice or activity of rearing and breeding domesticated or captive animals; cf. zootechny, n.
   15. zootrophy 1877–1901
       The practice of rearing or tending animals. Obsolete. rare.
   16. animaliculture 1879–
       The rearing of animals or livestock as a branch of industry or agriculture.
   17. mothering 1922–
       Agriculture (originally New Zealand). The pairing of a motherless lamb with a ewe whose lamb has died. Also: the pairing of a lamb with its mother…
   18. stockmanship 1959–
       The art of raising or looking after livestock.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪks/
zoo-oh-TECK-nicks
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈtɛknɪks/
zoh-oh-TECK-nicks

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈtɛknɪks/
zoh-uh-TECK-nicks
/ˌzuəˈtɛknɪks/
zoo-uh-TECK-nicks

####

##### 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

## Frequency

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

zootechnics 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 zootechnics, n., 1870–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1870 | 0.0016
1880 | 0.0018
1890 | 0.0016
1900 | 0.0017
1910 | 0.0022
1920 | 0.0029
1930 | 0.0032
1940 | 0.0034
1950 | 0.0036
1960 | 0.0037
1970 | 0.0035
1980 | 0.0031
1990 | 0.0027
2000 | 0.0024
2010 | 0.0019

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.