zinc
A chemical element with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly…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.
» Zinc is a metal.
Zink ist ein Metall.
Цинк — это металл.
Цинк — металл.
Цинк - метал.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Zink
цинкcink
цинкcynk
(countable)An atom of this element.
(Nigeria, countable, uncountable)A corrugated iron roof.
(UK, colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable)A zinc countertop.
- 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 naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
Examples
15 sentencesZinc is a metal.
Цинк - метал.
ruЦинк — это металл.
deZink ist ein Metall.
This metal is called zinc.
ruЭтот металл называется цинком.
deDieses Metall heißt Zink.
This is zinc.
ruЭто цинк.
Algeria has zinc deposits.
В Ажирі є запаси цинку.
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
ruЛатунь - это сплав меди с цинком.
deMessing ist eine Legierung aus Kupfer und Zink.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from German Zink, related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Middle High German zinkBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: zincsSynonyms
3 synonyms- 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 naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende:Znatomic number 30
Word family
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