zincate, n.

zincate
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zincatenoun

## Earlier version

- zincate in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zincate mean?

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

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the noun zincate?

About 0.02occurrences per million words in modern written English

1850 | 0.0097
1860 | 0.015
1870 | 0.02
1880 | 0.026
1890 | 0.032
1900 | 0.039
1910 | 0.045
1920 | 0.05
1930 | 0.051
1940 | 0.047
1950 | 0.04
1960 | 0.034
1970 | 0.028
1980 | 0.022
1990 | 0.017
2000 | 0.013
2010 | 0.011

### How is the noun zincate pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɪŋkeɪt/

### Where does the noun zincate come from?

Earliest known use

1870s

The earliest known use of the noun zincate is in the 1870s.

OED's only evidence for zincate is from 1872, in a translation by Henry Watts, chemist.

zincate is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zinc n., ‑ate suffix4.

### Nearby entries

1. zimme, n. 1848–63
2. Zimmer, n. 1951–
3. zina, n. 1817–
4. zinc, n. 1651–
5. zinc, v. 1843–
6. zinc-air, adj. 1970–
7. Zincala, n. 1844–91
8. Zincalo, n. 1841–
9. zinc-alum, n. 1851–
10. zinc-amide, n. 1859–
11. zincate, n.1872–
12. zinc-blende, n. 1842–
13. zinc-bloom, n. 1842–
14. zinc chloride, n. 1851–
15. zinc chromate, n. 1851–
16. zinc chrome, n. 1892–
17. zinc-dust, n. 1877–
18. zinc finger, n. 1987–
19. zinc-foil, n. 1851–
20. zinc green, n. 1847–
21. zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n. 1881–

## Etymology

< zinc n. + ‑ate suffix4.

## Meaning & use

Chemistry.

1. 1872–
   A compound which may be regarded as a combination of the oxide of zinc (zincic oxide) with that of a more electropositive metal.
   1. 1872
      H. Watts, translation of L. Gmelin, Hand-book of Chemistry Index 330/1.
   chemistry

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɪŋkeɪt/

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##### 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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## Frequency

zincate typically occurs about 0.02 times per million words in modern written English.

zincate is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 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 zincate, n., 1850–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1850 | 0.0097
1860 | 0.015
1870 | 0.02
1880 | 0.026
1890 | 0.032
1900 | 0.039
1910 | 0.045
1920 | 0.05
1930 | 0.051
1940 | 0.047
1950 | 0.04
1960 | 0.034
1970 | 0.028
1980 | 0.022
1990 | 0.017
2000 | 0.013
2010 | 0.011

zincate, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zincate, n. was last modified in December 2024.