zinc
French, noun/zɛ̃ɡ/
zinc is spelled Z-I-N-C (4 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zinc is a French masculine noun meaning “zinc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de symbole Zn et de numéro atomique 30”.
What does zinc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezinc
- 2
informalmasculinecounter (in a bar, café, etc), bar
- 3
informalmasculinesmall plane
noun
- 1
masculinedude, man
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique de symbole Zn et de numéro atomique 30. 2. Corps simple métallique blanc bleuâtre, ductile et malléable, qui sert à fabriquer des couvertures de toits, des gouttières, des tuyaux, des bassins, etc. 3. Comptoir d’un bar qui a rarement été couvert de zinc, mais surtout de cuivre. 4. Bistro, café, troquet, par référence au comptoir en zinc que l'on trouve habituellement dans ce type d'établissement (voir ci-dessus).
noun: 1. Zincou, mec, copain.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zinc
- zincs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zinc?
- /zɛ̃ɡ/
- /zɛ̃k/
- \zɛ̃ɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (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 French?
zinc appears 4.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).