zinc
pronunciation
How to pronounce zinc in British English:
UK [zɪŋk]
How to pronounce zinc in American English:
US [zɪŋk]
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- Noun:
- a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
Word Origin
- zinc (n.)
- 1650s, zinke, from German Zink, perhaps related to Zinke "prong, point;" said to have been used first by Paracelsus (c. 1526) on analogy of the form of its crystals after smelting. Zinke is from Old High German zint "a point, jag," from Proto-Germanic *teng- "tine" (cognates: Old Norse tindr "point, top, summit," Old English tind "prong, spike"), from PIE *denk- "to bite." Spelling with -c- is from 1813, from French influence.
Example
- 1. The nail : galvanized nails are coated in zinc .
- 2. Zinc , nickel and tin also posted gains .
- 3. China already buys tin , zinc and silver from bolivia .
- 4. Zinc and protein intakes are adequate .
- 5. Aluminum and zinc futures contracts have also seen a jump in prices .