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You can make 3 words from zinc according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of zinc

zinc iznc znic nzic inzc nizc zicn izcn zcin czin iczn cizn znci nzci zcni czni nczi cnzi incz nicz icnz cinz nciz cniz

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word zinc. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in zinc.

Definitions and meaning of zinc

zinc

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: zingk, IPA^(key): /zɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

zinc (countable and uncountable, plural zincs)

2. 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.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. (Nigeria) A corrugated iron roof.
5. (UK, dated, colloquial) A zinc countertop.

Synonyms

• zincum (archaic)

Derived terms

Related terms

• zincode
• zincous

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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)

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

Synonyms

• (electroplate with zinc): galvanize

Translations

Anagrams

• ICZN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French zinc, from German Zink.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

Derived terms

• zincar

Further reading

• “zinc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “zinc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “zinc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “zinc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Zink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ̃ɡ/, /zɛ̃k/
• Both pronunciations are standard. While that with /ɡ/ is traditionally preferred, that with /k/ is reinforced by the spelling.

Noun

zinc m (plural zincs)

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

Related terms

Further reading

• “zinc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology 2

Clipping of zincou, verlan form of cousin (“cousin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ̃k/

Noun

zinc m (plural zincs)

1. (Verlan) dude, man

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

zinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zinc, from German Zink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zink/

Noun

zinc n (uncountable)

1. zinc (metal)

Declension

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

zinc m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of cinc

Further reading

• “zinc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014