zearalanol, n.

zearalanol
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Revised 2018

# zearalanolnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zearalanol mean?

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

### How common is the noun zearalanol?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1970 | 0.0014
1980 | 0.0014
1990 | 0.0014
2000 | 0.0014
2010 | 0.0012

### How is the noun zearalanol pronounced?

#### British English

/zɪəˈralənɒl/
zeer-AL-uh-nol

#### U.S. English

/ziəˈrɑləˌnɔl/
zee-uh-RAH-luh-nawl
/ziəˈrɑləˌnɑl/
zee-uh-RAH-luh-nahl

### Where does the noun zearalanol come from?

Earliest known use

1960s

The earliest known use of the noun zearalanol is in the 1960s.

OED's earliest evidence for zearalanol is from 1966, in a text by W. H. Urry et al.

zearalanol is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zearalenone n., ‑ol suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zealous, adj.?1495–
2. zealously, adv.?1495–
3. zealousness, n. c1555–
4. zealousy, n. 1542–
5. zeal-pretending, adj. 1652–69
6. zeal-quenching, adj. 1688–1877
7. zeal-scoffing, adj. 1605
8. zeal-transported, adj. a1644–59
9. zeal-worthy, adj. 1797
10. zea maize, n. 1811–
11. zearalanol, n.1966–
12. zearalenone, n. 1966–
13. zeatin, n. 1963–
14. zeaxanthin, n. 1929–
15. Zebedist, n. 1574
16. zebra, n. 1597–
17. zebra caterpillar, n. 1841–
18. zebra crossing, n. 1934–
19. zebra danio, n. 1917–
20. zebraed, adj. 1806–
21. zebra finch, n. 1868–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zearalenone n., ‑ol suffix.
< zearalen- (in zearalenone n.) + ‑ol suffix, with alteration after ‑ane suffix2 to indicate the lack of a double bond in the lactone ring.

## Meaning & use

Veterinary Medicine.

1. 1966–
   A growth promoter used in livestock; = zeranol n.
   1. 1966

      > Hydrogenation..gave a mixture of the two diastereomeric zearalanols.

      W. H. Urry et al. in Tetrahedron Letters No. 27. 3111
   2. 1975

      > Implants of both zearalenone and zearalanol..were found to increase the rate of weight gain and to improve feed conversion in ruminants.

      Toxicology vol. 3 14
   3. 2005

      > A synthetic analogue, zearalanol, is sometimes used as an ear implant to enhance growth of steers.

      B. J. Blaney in J. N. Sofos, Improving Safety Fresh Meat iv. 88
   agriculture life sciences veterinary medicine
   1. environmental hormone 1952–
      A substance in the external environment that mimics the action of a hormone or otherwise alters the endocrine or physiological function of an…
   2. zearalanol 1966–
      A growth promoter used in livestock; = zeranol, n.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/zɪəˈralənɒl/
zeer-AL-uh-nol

### U.S. English

/ziəˈrɑləˌnɔl/
zee-uh-RAH-luh-nawl
/ziəˈrɑləˌnɑl/
zee-uh-RAH-luh-nahl

####

##### 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.

View the pronunciation model here.

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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

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

zearalanol 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 zearalanol, n., 1970–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1970 | 0.0014
1980 | 0.0014
1990 | 0.0014
2000 | 0.0014
2010 | 0.0012

## Compounds & derived words

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1. zeranol, n. 1971–
   A synthetic oestrogen used as a growth promoter…

zearalanol, n. was revised in June 2018.

zearalanol, n. was last modified in July 2023.