Formations in English are found from the early 19th cent.
Meaning & use
1.
Forming adjectives with the sense ‘zoological and ——’.
1822
They were sober and rational in comparison with the pretensions of our zoologico-ethical philosophers.
Eclectic Review June 483
1865
Letters announcing the transmission of publications were received from the Zoologico-Botanical Society at Vienna.
Proceedings of American Philosophical Society 1862–4vol. 9 277
1884
Dr. Wille gave an account of his researches this summer at the zoologico-botanic station.
Nature 23 October 628/1
1965
Results of the zoologico-botanical expedition to China.
Pesticides Documentation Bulletinvol. 1 165/1
2015
The SCV [= State Collection of Viruses] uses the following methods to carry out its task: (i) clinical, epidemiological, and zoologico-parasitological methods, for field material collection during epidemic outbreaks.
D. K. Lvov et al., Zoonotic Viruses Northern Eurasia ii. 27/2
Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. zoologico-botanical
British English
/zuː(ə)ˌlɒdʒᵻkəʊbəˈtanᵻkl/
zoo-uh-loj-uh-koh-buh-TAN-uh-kuhl
/zəʊəˌlɒdʒᵻkəʊbəˈtanᵻkl/
zoh-uh-loj-uh-koh-buh-TAN-uh-kuhl
U.S. English
/ˌzoʊəˌlɑdʒəkoʊbəˈtænək(ə)l/
zoh-uh-lah-juh-koh-buh-TAN-uh-kuhl
/ˌzu(ə)ˌlɑdʒəkoʊbəˈtænək(ə)l/
zoo-uh-lah-juh-koh-buh-TAN-uh-kuhl
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.
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.
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
British English
U.S. English