zinc

English

Chemical element
Zn	Previous: copper (Cu)
	Next: gallium (Ga)

Etymology

From German Zink, from Zinken (“tines", "teeth”)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

zinc (uncountable)

Wikipedia

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

Derived terms

element

Berne Zinc tablet butter of zinc cadmium zinc telluride copper-zinc platinum-zinc sulfate of zinc, sulphate of zinc uranyl zinc acetate zinc-air zinc alum zinc amide zinc acetate zincate zinc blende zinc-bloom 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 hydroxide zincian zincic, zinckic zinciferous, zinckiferous, zinkiferous zincification, zinckification zincify, zinckify zincing, zincking zinc iron zincite, zinckite, zinkite zinc methyl zinco- zincography zincoid zinc oxide zinc powder zinc pyrithione zinc roof zinc selenide zinc shakes zinc spar zinc spinel zinc sponge zinc stearate zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide zinc uranyl acetate zinc white zinc yellow zincy, zincky, zinky zineb

Related terms

• zincode
• zincous

Translations

Element

Afrikaans: sink Albanian: zink (sq) Arabic: خارصين (xaraṣīn) m. Armenian: ցինկ (hy) (cʿink) Asturian: cinc (ast) m. Basque: zinka Belarusian: цынк (tsynk) m. Breton: zink m. Bulgarian: цинк (tsink) m. Catalan: zinc Chinese: 鋅, 锌 (xīn) Cornish: synk Croatian: cink (hr) Czech: zinek (cs) m. Danish: zink (da) Dutch: zink (nl) n. Esperanto: zinko (eo) Estonian: tsink (et) Faroese: sink (fo) Finnish: sinkki (fi) French: zinc (fr) m. Friulian: zinc Galician: cinc Georgian: თუთია (tutia) German: Zink (de) n. Greek: ψευδάργυρος (el) (psevdárgyros) m. Hebrew: אבץ (aváts) Hungarian: cink (hu) Icelandic: sink (is) Interlingua: zinc Irish: sinc (ga) Italian: zinco (it) m. Japanese: 亜鉛 (あえん, aen) Kashubian: cynk Kazakh: мырыш (myryš)

Korean: 아연 (亞鉛, ayeon) Latvian: cinks Lithuanian: cinkas (lt) Lojban: zinki Luxembourgish: Zénk Macedonian: цинк (tsink) m. Malay: zink (ms), seng (ms) Malayalam: നാകം (naakam), വെളുത്തീയം (veLutheeyam) Maltese: żingu m. Manx: shinc (gv) m., meain ghorrym (gv) f. Maori: konutea Mongolian: цайр (tsayr) Norwegian: sink (no) Persian: روی (rui) Polish: cynk (pl) m. Portuguese: zinco (pt) m. Romanian: zinc (ro) n. Russian: цинк (ru) (tsink) m. Scottish Gaelic: sinc Serbian: цинк (cink) m. Slovak: zinok Slovene: cink (sl) Spanish: zinc (es) m., cinc (es) m. Swedish: zink (sv) n. Tajik: ruh Tamil: நாகம் (nākam) Thai: สังกะสี (sangkasī) Turkish: çinko (tr) Ukrainian: цинк (tsink) m. Uzbek: рух (rukh) Vietnamese: kẽm (vi) Volapük: zinkin (vo) Welsh: zinc (cy) West Frisian: sink n.

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• For etymology and more information refer to: [1] (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also

other terms of interest

blende brass calamine franklinite German silver nickelled silver

smithsonite solder spelter sphalerite typewriter metal

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

• (electroplate with zinc): galvanize

Translations

• French: zinguer (fr)
• Polish: cynkować (pl)

Anagrams

• ICZN

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Catalan

Noun

zinc m. (uncountable)

1. zinc

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French

Etymology

From German Zink.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zɛ̃ɡ/, SAMPA: /zE~g/

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Noun

zinc m. (plural zincs)

1. (metallurgy, chemistry) zinc
2. (informal) counter (in a bar, café, etc), bar
3. (informal) small plane

Related terms

• zingage
• zingueur
• zinguer
• dézinguer

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Spanish

Noun

zinc m. (usually uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of cinc.