zinc
English
/zɪŋk/
noun
Definitions
- A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a slightly brittle blue-silvery metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
- (UK) A zinc countertop.
Etymology
Derived from German Zink (zinc) derived from Middle High German zinke (prong, tine) derived from Old High German zinko (prong, tine) derived from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (prong, pinnacle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (projection, tooth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(e)dont-
Gloss
projection, tooth
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
歯
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allyl English
- allylzinc English
- dezinc English
- dezincification English
- dezincify English
- dialkyl English
- dialkylzinc English
- diethyl English
- diethylzinc English
- dizinc English
- gartrellite English
- heptazinc English
- hexazinc English
- monozinc English
- nonzinc English
- olivenite English
- organozinc English
- pentazinc English
- radiozinc English
- silicon English
- smith English
- tetrazinc English
- undecazinc English
- worker English
- zincane English
- zincate English
- zincation English
- zincergic English
- zincgartrellite English
- zincian English
- zincic English
- zincide English
- zinciferous English
- zincification English
- zincify English
- zincin English
- zincite English
- zincky English
- zincless English
- zincode English
- zincoid English
- zincolivenite English
- zincosome English
- zincous English
- zincsilite English
- zincsmith English
- zincworker English
- zincy English
- zink English
- Rotzinkerz German
- Schwalbenschwanzzinne German
- Zink German
- Zinkacetat German
- Zinkcarbonat German
- Zinkchlorid German
- Zinkgruppe German
- Zinklegierung German
- Zinkmineral German
- Zinkorganyle German
- Zinkoxid German
- Zinkpulver German
- Zinkselenid German
- Zinkstearat German
- Zinksulfat German
- Zinksulfid German
- Zinne German
- verzinken German
- zinken German
- zinkhaltig German
- tinne Dutch, Flemish
- zink Dutch, Flemish
- zinc French
- zincique French
- zincisme French
- zincographie French
- zinguerie French
- цинк Russian
- zinc Spanish, Castilian
- *(e)dont- Proto-Indo-European
- *tindaz Proto-Germanic
- *tinduz Proto-Germanic
- zink Swedish
- cynk Polish
- sink Norwegian Nynorsk
- tind Old English
- tinde Middle English
- tindr Old Norse
- zink Danish
- zinko Esperanto
- cink Serbo-Croatian
- tindur Icelandic
- zinc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ซิงก์ Thai
- seng Indonesian
- tinne Middle Dutch
- zinko Old High German
- sink Faroese
- seng Malay
- zink Malay
- zinke Middle High German
- zinne Middle High German
- Zénk Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ဇင့်ခ် Burmese
- 鋅 Chinese
- zinok Slovak
- zinki Swahili
- ស័ង្កសី Central Khmer
- zink Central Melanau
- zink
- smith
- zincy
- allyl
- zincky
- zincin
- dizinc
- dezinc
- zincic
- worker
- zincate
- zincide
- nonzinc
- zincite
- zincane
- zincoid
- dialkyl
- zincify
- zincous
- zincian
- silicon
- diethyl
- zincode
- monozinc
- hexazinc
- zincless
- olivenite
- zincsmith
- zincation
- zincosome
- heptazinc
- dezincify
- radiozinc
- zincergic
- allylzinc
- pentazinc
- tetrazinc
- zincsilite
- zincworker
- organozinc
- undecazinc
- zinciferous
- gartrellite
- diethylzinc
- dialkylzinc
- zincification
- zincolivenite
- dezincification
- zincgartrellite