zinc
Spanish, noun/ˈθink/
zinc is spelled Z-I-N-C (4 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,054th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zinc is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “zinc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento químico de número atómico 30 y símbolo Zn situado en el grupo 12 de la tabla periódica de los…”.
What does zinc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezinc
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Elemento químico de número atómico 30 y símbolo Zn situado en el grupo 12 de la tabla periódica de los elementos. El zinc es un metal, a veces clasificado como metal de transición continua aunque estrictamente no lo sea, que presenta cierto parecido con el magnesio y el berilio además de con los elementos de su grupo. Este elemento es poco abundante en la corteza terrestre pero se obtiene con faci
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zinc
- zincs plural
- cinc alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zinc?
- /ˈθink/
- [ˈθĩŋk]
- /ˈsink/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zinc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zinc in Spanish?
zinc appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).