zinc
/ˈzɪŋk/
zinc noun: a chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist air.
Noun
zinc (countable and uncountable, plural zincs)
- A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist air.
- As for daytime sun protection, Dr. Bowe said mineral sunscreens made with zinc oxide may be gentler on sensitized skin than chemical formulas.2023 December 6, Jessica DeFino, “Too Many Products Can Stress Out Your Skin. Here’s How to Scale Back.”, in The New York Times
- An atom of this element.
- A corrugated iron roof.
- A zinc countertop.
- 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.1904, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
- 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 […]2010, Chris Ackerley, Demented Particulars, page 44
Verb
zinc (third-person singular simple present zincs, present participle zincing or zinking or zincking, simple past and past participle zinced or zinked or zincked)
- To electroplate with zinc.
- Synonyms:
- galvanize
- To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide.
zinc meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
zinc in Hindi
- element
- जस्ता jastā
zinc in Tamil
- element
- நாகம் nākam, ஜிங்க் jiṅk, துத்தநாகம் tuttanākam
zinc in Urdu
- element
- جست jast
zinc in Bengali
- element
- দস্তা dosta
More languagesFewer languages
- zinc in Malayalam
- നാകം nākaṁ, വെളുത്തീയം veḷuttīyaṁ
- zinc in Kannada
- ಸತುವು, ಸತು, ಸತ್ತು, ಸತ್ವ
- zinc in Pashto
- زينک zink, جست ǰast
- zinc in Tagalog
- sink, singk
- zinc in Arabic
- خَارَصِين ḵāraṣīn, تُوتِيَاء tūtiyāʔ, زِنْك zink
- zinc in Malay
- zink, seng, timah sari, ayan
- zinc in Indonesian
- seng
- zinc in Persian
- روی ruy
- zinc in Thai
- สังกะสี sǎng-gà-sǐi
- zinc in Vietnamese
- kẽm
- zinc in Myanmar
- သွပ် swap, ဇင့်ခ် jang.hk
Examples of zinc in a sentence
- I spun a brody in some chat up at the old zinc mine.
- She was recommended a course of zinc prenatals.
- One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
Synonyms of zinc
Forms of zinc
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | zincs |
| alternative form (obsolete) | zinke |
| alternative form (obsolete) | zink |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | zincs |
| present participle | zincing |
| present participle | zinking |
| present participle | zincking |
| past participle | zinced |
| past | zinced |
| past participle | zinked |
| past | zinked |
| past participle | zincked |
| past | zincked |
Origin of zinc
Borrowed 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 *h₃dónts (“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. Doublet of zincum.
Words formed from zinc
- alkylzinc
- allylzinc
- Berne Zinc tablet
- butter of zinc
- cadmium zinc telluride
- dezinc
- dialkylzinc
- diethylzinc
- dizinc
- flowers of zinc
- heptazinc
- hexazinc
- monozinc
- nanozinc
- nonzinc
- organozinc
- pentazinc
- platinum-zinc
- radiozinc
- sulfate of zinc
- sulphate of zinc
- tetrazinc
- undecazinc
- uranyl zinc acetate
- zinc acetate
- zinc acexamate
- zinc-air
- zinc alum
- zinc amide
- zincane
- zincate
- zincation
- zinc blende
- zinc bloom
- zinc-bloom
- zinc carbonate
- zinc-carbon battery
- zinc chills
- zinc chloride
- zinc chromate
- zinc chromate hydroxide
- zinc chrome
- zinc dichloride
- zinc dust
- zinced
- zincked
- zincergic
- zinc finger
- zinc foil
- zincgartrellite
- zinc gluconate
- zinc gluconate glycine
- zinc gray
- zinc grey
- zinc green
- zinc group
- zinc hydroxide
- zincian
- zincic
- zinckic
Phrases with zinc
Words that rhyme with zinc
Questions about zinc
- What does zinc mean?
- Zinc means a chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist air.
- What is zinc in Hindi?
- Zinc in Hindi is जस्ता (jastā). See Zinc meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is zinc?
- Zinc can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce zinc?
- Zinc is pronounced /ˈzɪŋk/.
- What is the plural of zinc?
- The plural of zinc is zincs.
Words near zinc in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zinc (page history and authors); zinc (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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