zinc

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 *(e)dont- (“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.

• (US) enPR: zingk, IPA^(key): /zɪŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

zinc (uncountable)

1. a chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30.

• zincode
• zincous

zinc (third-person singular simple present zincs, present participle zincing or zinking or zincking, simple past and past participle zinced or zinked or zincked)

1. (rare) To electroplate with zinc.
2. (rare) To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide.

• (electroplate with zinc): galvanize

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• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈziŋk/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈziŋ/

zinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

From German Zink.

• IPA^(key): /zɛ̃ɡ/

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zinc m (plural zincs)

1. (metallurgy, chemistry) zinc
2. (informal) counter (in a bar, café, etc), bar
3. (informal) small plane
4. (back slang, verlan, from Apocopic form of zincou) dude, man

• zingage
• zingueur
• zinguer
• dézinguer

• “zinc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From French zinc, from German Zink.

• IPA^(key): /zink/

zinc n (uncountable)

1. zinc (metal)

• zinc in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

zinc m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of cinc