zinnober greennoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zinnober green mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zinnober green. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zinnober green?
| 1870 | 0.0006 |
| 1880 | 0.0005 |
| 1890 | 0.0004 |
| 1900 | 0.0005 |
| 1910 | 0.0006 |
| 1920 | 0.0006 |
| 1930 | 0.0006 |
| 1940 | 0.0006 |
| 1950 | 0.0005 |
| 1960 | 0.0006 |
| 1970 | 0.0005 |
| 1980 | 0.0003 |
| 1990 | 0.0002 |
| 2000 | 0.0002 |
| 2010 | 0.0002 |
How is the noun zinnober green pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zinnober green come from?
Earliest known use
1870s
The earliest known use of the noun zinnober green is in the 1870s.
OED's earliest evidence for zinnober green is from 1879, in the writing of D. D. Morse.
zinnober green is a borrowing from German, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item.
Etymons: German Zinnober; green n.1
Nearby entries
- zingily, adv.1951–
- zinginess, n.1938–
- zinging, n.1921–
- zinging, adj.1915–
- zingingly, adv.1952–
- zingo, int.1906–
- zingy, adj.1938–
- Zinjanthropus, n.1959–
- zinke, n.1773–
- zinnia, n.1761–
- zinnober green, n.1879–
- zinnwaldite, n.1850–
- zino, n.1982–
- Zinovievite, adj. & n.1936–
- Zinoviev letter, n.1924–
- Zion, n.Old English–
- Zion Curtain, n.1951–
- Zioner, n.1681–1760
- Zionism, n.1896–
- Zionist, n. & adj.a1649–
- Zionistic, adj.1887–
Etymology
Summary
Notes
Meaning & use
- 1879–An artist's pigment in various shades of olive green made by mixing Prussian blue with a yellow pigment, usually chrome yellow. Cf. chrome green n. (b).
- 1879
Zinnober Green, light; Zinnober Green, medium; Zinnober Green, deep.
D. D. Morse, Secret Pict. Art 121 - 1911
Because Zinnobar red or Zinnober was a permanent red, some manufacturers have made a Zinnobar green, and have sold it more or less on the implication of excellence on account of the name.
M. Toch, Materials for Permanent Painting xiv. 173 - 1942
Zinnober Green is a term ordinarily synonymous with chrome green..which is a processed mixture of chrome yellow and Prussian blue. More specifically, it is given to mixtures that are olive in hue.
R. J. Gettens & G. L. Stout, Painting Materials 178 - 1973
Zinnober green is a mixture of Prussian blue and cadmium yellow.
F. Taubes, Painter's Dictionary 253 - 2001
There is potential for confusion of viridian with so-called chrome green, a mixture of Prussian blue and chrome yellow that was marketed commercially in the nineteenth century. The identity of this mixed colour is further obscured by the peculiar practice of calling it cinnabar green or zinnober green.
P. Ball, Bright Earth vii. 177
- greennessOld English–Green colour of things other than plants, as the sea, precious stones, clothing, etc. Also: an instance or variety of this. Cf. green, adj. A.I.1b.
- green?c1225–Green colour; greenness. In plural: different tints of green. †in green (Heraldry): on a field of green (obsolete).
- greenheada1325–1500Greenness. Also figurative: immaturity (see green, adj. A.II.8).
- greenshipc1390Greenness.
- verdurec1400–The fresh green colour characteristic of flourishing vegetation; greenness, viridity.
- viridityc1430–The quality or state of being virid or green; greenness, verdancy. Also in figurative context.
- sinople1489–1728The colour green; spec. in Heraldry, vert.
- flourish1594–1818The state or condition of being in blossom, blossoming. Of vegetation: Luxuriant growth, luxuriance, greenness. Obsolete.
- deep green1601–A dark, intense green colour.
- verdour1610Fresh greenness (of vegetation); figurative fresh or flourishing condition.
- verdancy1631–The quality, condition, or character of being verdant; greenness.
- verdue1641–70= verdure, n.
- zinnober green1879–An artist's pigment in various shades of olive green made by mixing Prussian blue with a yellow pigment, usually chrome yellow. Cf. chrome green, n.…
- vernality1896–(See quot. 1896.)
- virescence1904–Greenness.
- verd1915–poetic. The colour green. rare.
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
Notes
Forms
Variant forms
- 1800s–1900szinnabar green, zinnobar green
- 1800s–zinnober green, zinober green
Frequency
zinnober green typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zinnober green is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zinnober green, 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 | 0.0006 |
| 1880 | 0.0005 |
| 1890 | 0.0004 |
| 1900 | 0.0005 |
| 1910 | 0.0006 |
| 1920 | 0.0006 |
| 1930 | 0.0006 |
| 1940 | 0.0006 |
| 1950 | 0.0005 |
| 1960 | 0.0006 |
| 1970 | 0.0005 |
| 1980 | 0.0003 |
| 1990 | 0.0002 |
| 2000 | 0.0002 |
| 2010 | 0.0002 |