Polyglot Dictionary

zinc

/zɛ̃g/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. zinc

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Zink

Zink is the German word for the same thing — both mean "zinc."

Spanish

cinc

cinc is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "zinc."

Portuguese

zinco

zinco is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "zinc."

Practice

1 What does zinc mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ protège le fer contre la rouille.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zinc?

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