zone
/ˈzəʊn/ZOHN
/ˈzoʊn/ZOHN
Meaninga belt
Common meaning: a belt-like region
- zona belt, girdleLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 345 · scan
Journey through time
- Greekζώνη‘a belt, girdle’
- Latinzona
- Frenchzone
- Englishzone‘a belt-like region’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Greek ζώνη ‘a belt, girdle’.
Roots
- ζώνη Greek “a belt, girdle”
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