zinco

• Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ

zinco (plural zincos)

1. (informal, dated) A line or half-tone block etched on zinc plate, used in zincography.

• zonic

zinco

1. superseded spelling of cinco

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)
• Ortografía de l'aragonés

zinco

1. first-person singular present indicative of zincar

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zin.ko/, (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡sin.ko/^[1]
• Rhymes: -inko
• Hyphenation: zìn‧co

zinco m (plural zinchi)

1. (chemistry) zinc

zinco

1. first-person singular present indicative of zincare

zincō

1. dative/ablative singular of zincum

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• Hyphenation: zin‧co

zinco m (countable and uncountable, plural zincos)

2. (chemistry, uncountable) zinc
4. (metonymic, uncountable) corrugated zinc sheeting, especially as used in roofing or walling.
   • 1937, Orestes Barbosa, “Chão de Estrelas [Floor of Stars]” (single), performed by Silvio Caldas, Odeon:

     Mas a lua, furando o nosso zinco / Salpicava de estrelas nosso chão

     But the moon, piercing our zinc roof, sprinkled stars on our floor.

• “zinco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “zinco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026