zinc
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntsder.
Proto-Germanic *tindaz
Old High German zint?
Old High German zinko
Middle High German zinke
German Zinke?
German Zinkbor.
English zinc
Borrowed from German Zink, related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko (“prong, tine”), allied to zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Old English tind (“tine, prong”), Middle Low German tinde, Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). See also Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), More at tine. Doublet of zincum.
Inflected forms:
form: zincs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: zinke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: zink
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist air.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: As for daytime sun protection, Dr. Bowe said mineral sunscreens made with zinc oxide may be gentler on sensitized skin than chemical formulas.
gloss: An atom of this element.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A corrugated iron roof.
pos: noun
tags: Nigeria
countable
uncountable
gloss: A zinc countertop.
pos: noun
tags: UK
colloquial
countable
dated
uncountable
examples: Then, three workmen throwing dice for drinks. And their heads come sharply together as they count the scores. And so violently do they throw the dice that they shoot off "the zinc" on to the floor.
Even if there were a Chef and Brewer near Marble Arch, the name suggests a pint and pie, not a prawn and tomato sandwich and “a dock glass of white port off the zinc”; i.e., a small glass of a fine aperitif, at the counter […]
Synonyms: zincum
Related words: zincode
zincous
Derived words: Berne Zinc tablet
butter of zinc
cadmium zinc telluride
flowers of zinc
platinum-zinc
sulfate of zinc
sulphate of zinc
uranyl zinc acetate
zinc acetate
zinc acexamate
zinc-air
zinc alum
zinc amide
zincate
zinc blende
zinc bloom
zinc-bloom
zinc carbonate
zinc-carbon battery
zinc chills
zinc chloride
zinc chromate
zinc chromate hydroxide
zinc chrome
zinc dichloride
zinc dust
zinced
zincked
zinc finger
zinc foil
zinc gluconate
zinc gluconate glycine
zinc gray
zinc grey
zinc green
zinc group
zinc hydroxide
zincian
zincic
zinckic
zinciferous
zinckiferous
zinkiferous
zincification
zincify
zincing
zincking
zinc iron
zincite
zinckite
zinkite
zinc methyl
zinco-
zincography
zincoid
zinc oxide
zinc powder
zinc protoporphyrin
zinc pyrithione
zinc roof
zinc selenide
zinc shakes
zinc spar
zinc spinel
zinc sponge
zinc stearate
zinc sulfate
zinc sulfide
zinc sulphide
zinc sulphate
zinc uranyl acetate
zinc white
zinc yellow
zincy
zincky
zinky
zineb
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: sink
lang: Albanian
word: zink
lang: Amharic
word: ዚንክ
roman: zink
lang: Arabic
word: خَارَصِين
roman: ḵāraṣīn
lang: Arabic
word: تُوتِيَاء
roman: tūtiyāʔ
lang: Arabic
word: زِنْك
roman: zink
lang: Armenian
word: ցինկ
roman: cʻink
lang: Asturian
word: cinc
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sink
lang: Basque
word: zinka
lang: Belarusian
word: цынк
roman: cynk
lang: Bengali
word: দস্তা
roman: dosta
lang: Breton
word: zink
lang: Bulgarian
word: цинк
roman: cink
lang: Burmese
word: သွပ်
roman: swap
lang: Burmese
word: ဇင့်ခ်
roman: jang.hk
lang: Catalan
word: zinc
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎦᏙᎤᎳᏂ
roman: gadoulani
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鋅 /锌
roman: xīn
lang: Cornish
word: synk
lang: Czech
word: zinek
lang: Danish
word: zink
lang: Dutch
word: zink
lang: Esperanto
word: zinko
lang: Estonian
word: tsink
lang: Farefare
word: zɩŋk
lang: Faroese
word: sink
lang: Finnish
word: sinkki
lang: French
word: zinc
lang: West-Frisian
word: sink
lang: Friulian
word: zinc
lang: Galician
word: cinc
lang: Georgian
word: თუთია
roman: tutia
lang: German
word: Zink
lang: Greek
word: ψευδάργυρος
roman: psevdárgyros
lang: Greek
word: τσίγκος
roman: tsígkos
lang: Greenlandic
word: zinki
lang: Hebrew
word: אָבָץ
roman: avats
lang: Hindi
word: जस्ता
roman: jastā
lang: Hungarian
word: cink
lang: Icelandic
word: sink
lang: Ido
word: zinko
lang: Indonesian
word: seng
lang: Ingrian
word: sinkki
lang: Interlingua
word: zinc
lang: Irish
word: sinc
lang: Italian
word: zinco
lang: Japanese
word: 亜鉛
roman: aen
lang: Kashubian
word: cynk
lang: Kazakh
word: мырыш
roman: myryş
lang: Khmer
word: ស័ង្កសី
roman: sangkaʼsəy
lang: Khmer
word: សាំង្កសី
roman: sangkaʼsəy
lang: Khmer
word: ស័ង្គសី
roman: sangkaʼsəy
lang: Korean
word: 아연
roman: ayeon
lang: Kyrgyz
word: цинк
roman: tsink
lang: Lao
word: ສັງກະສີ
roman: sang ka sī
lang: Latin
word: zincum
lang: Latvian
word: cinks
lang: Lingala
word: zɛ́nki class 9a/10a
lang: Lithuanian
word: cinkas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Zénk
lang: Macedonian
word: цинк
roman: cink
lang: Malay
word: zink
lang: Malay
word: seng
lang: Malay
word: timah sari
lang: Malay
word: ayan
lang: Malayalam
word: നാകം
roman: nākaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: വെളുത്തീയം
roman: veḷuttīyaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: żingu
lang: Manx
word: shinc
lang: Manx
word: meain ghorrym
lang: Māori
word: konutea
lang: Māori
word: tingiki
lang: Central Melanau
word: zink
lang: Mongolian
word: цайр
roman: cajr
lang: Mongolian
word: цинк
roman: cink
lang: Naro
word: nxam
lang: Navajo
word: béésh dootłʼizh
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sink
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sink
lang: Occitan
word: zinc
lang: Pashto
word: زينک
roman: zink
lang: Pashto
word: جست
roman: ǰast
lang: Persian
word: روی
roman: ruy
lang: Polish
word: cynk
lang: Portuguese
word: zinco
lang: Romanian
word: zinc
lang: Russian
word: цинк
roman: cink
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sinc
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ци̏нк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cȉnk
lang: Slovak
word: zinok
lang: Slovene
word: cink
lang: Spanish
word: zinc
lang: Spanish
word: cinc
lang: Swahili
word: zinki
lang: Swedish
word: zink
lang: Tagalog
word: sink
lang: Tagalog
word: singk
lang: Tajik
word: руҳ
roman: ruh
lang: Tamil
word: நாகம்
roman: nākam
lang: Tamil
word: ஜிங்க்
roman: jiṅk
lang: Tamil
word: துத்தநாகம்
roman: tuttanākam
lang: Tashelhit
word: aqzdir
lang: Thai
word: สังกะสี
roman: sǎng-gà-sǐi
lang: Tibetan
word: ཏི་ཚ
roman: ti tsha
lang: Turkish
word: çinko
lang: Turkmen
word: sink
lang: Ukrainian
word: цинк
roman: cynk
lang: Urdu
word: جست
roman: jast
lang: Uyghur
word: سىنك
roman: sink
lang: Uzbek
word: rux
lang: Uzbek
word: sink
lang: Uzbek
word: рух
roman: rux
lang: Vietnamese
word: kẽm
lang: Volapük
word: zinkin
lang: Welsh
word: zinc
lang: Welsh
word: sinc
lang: Yiddish
word: צינק
roman: tsink