zipperedadjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zippered mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zippered. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is used in U.S. English.
How common is the adjective zippered?
| 1930 | 0.0019 |
| 1940 | 0.0025 |
| 1950 | 0.0034 |
| 1960 | 0.0042 |
| 1970 | 0.0059 |
| 1980 | 0.0074 |
| 1990 | 0.0082 |
| 2000 | 0.0092 |
| 2010 | 0.01 |
How is the adjective zippered pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zippered come from?
Earliest known use
1920s
The earliest known use of the adjective zippered is in the 1920s.
OED's earliest evidence for zippered is from 1926, in Denton (Texas) Record-Chron.
zippered is formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zipper n., ‑ed suffix2; zipper v., ‑ed suffix1.
Nearby entries
- zip line, n.1970–
- zip line, v.1998–
- zipliner, n.1993–
- zip lining, n.?1983–
- zip-lipped, adj.1943–
- ziplock, n.1928–
- zipped, adj.1931–
- zippeite, n.1850–
- zipper, n.1923–
- zipper, v.1927–
- zippered, adj.1926–
- zipper foot, n.1938–
- zipperhead, n.1967–
- zipper problem, n.1985–
- Zippie, n.¹1968–
- zippie, n.²1986–
- zippily, adv.1924–
- zippiness, n.1907–
- zipping, n.1868–
- Zippo, n.¹1944–
- zippo, n.²1973–
Etymology
Summary
Meaning & use
- 1926–Esp. of an item of clothing: fastened by means of a zipper, having a zipper.
- 1926
Red, green, yellow, white and black are the colors found among these zippered models. The zipper fastening extends up the center front of the shoe.
Denton (Texas) Record-Chron. 2 September 5/3 - 1941
His zippered ankle-high shoes.
Time 25 August 2/3 - 1971
A bulky zippered briefcase was squeezed under his left arm.
B. Malamud, Tenants 35 - 1982
A thin man in a zippered fawn cardigan.
S. Radley, Talent for Destruction vi. 36 - 2018
A friend's white chihuahua snuggled inside the zippered front of her hooded jacket.
Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) (Nexis) 28 November
the world space relative position closed or shut condition [adjectives] closed or shut closed by a zippersociety occupation and work equipment building and constructing equipment fastenings [adjectives] furnished with zip- zippered1926–Esp. of an item of clothing: fastened by means of a zipper, having a zipper.
- ziplock1928–As a modifier. Designating something which closes or fastens by means of a zip. Also: designating a bag, etc., with a lockable zip.
- zipped1931–Of a garment, bag, or other item: fastened by means of a zip; having a zip.
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
zippered typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zippered 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 zippered, adj., 1930–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1930 | 0.0019 |
| 1940 | 0.0025 |
| 1950 | 0.0034 |
| 1960 | 0.0042 |
| 1970 | 0.0059 |
| 1980 | 0.0074 |
| 1990 | 0.0082 |
| 2000 | 0.0092 |
| 2010 | 0.01 |
Frequency of zippered, adj., 2017–2024
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Modern frequency series are derived from a corpus of 20 billion words, covering the period from 2017 to the present. The corpus is mainly compiled from online news sources, and covers all major varieties of World English.
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 corpus.
| Period | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.18 |
| 2018 | 0.18 |
| 2019 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 0.18 |
| 2021 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 0.21 |
| 2023 | 0.22 |
| 2024 | 0.23 |
Compounds & derived words
- unzippered, adj. 1936–Of an item of clothing, bag, or other item: not…