zincとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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 古期英語 tind (“tine, prong”), Middle Low German tinde, Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake または 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.

発音

• (米国発音) enPR: zingk, IPA^(key): /zɪŋk/
• 韻: -ɪŋk

名詞

zinc (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 zincs)

2. A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a slightly brittle blue-silvery metal.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. (Britain, dated, colloquial) A zinc countertop.
   • 1904, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art

     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.

   • 2010, Chris Ackerley, Demented Particulars (page 44)

     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 […]

同意語

• zincum (古風な用法)

派生語

関連する語

• zincode
• zincous

参考

動詞

zinc (三人称単数 現在形 zincs, 現在分詞 zincing または zinking または zincking, 過去形および過去分詞形 zinced または zinked または zincked)

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

同意語

• (electroplate with zinc): galvanize

アナグラム

• ICZN