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Zona


Zo′na

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Zonae
.
[L., a girdle. See
Zone
.]
A zone or band; a layer.
Zona pellucida
.
[NL.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The outer transparent layer, or envelope, of the ovum. It is a more or less elastic membrane with radiating striae, and corresponds to the cell wall of an ordinary cell. See
Ovum
, and Illust. of
Microscope
.
(b)
The zona radiata.
Zona radiata
[NL.]
(Biol.)
,
a radiately striated membrane situated next the yolk of an ovum, or separated from it by a very delicate membrane only.

Definition 2024


zona

zona

See also: zóna, zonă, żona, žona, żoną, and zoną

English

Noun

zona (plural zonas or zonae or zonæ)

  1. A zone or band; a layer.
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

zona (plural zonas)

  1. A species of silverside fish (Atheriniformes), Bedotia geayi, from Madagascar, also called red-tailed silverside.

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Catalan

Noun

zona f (plural zones)

  1. zone

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zona/

Noun

zona m (plural zonas)

  1. shingles

Verb

zona

  1. third-person singular past historic of zoner

Galician

Etymology

From Latin zōna.

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

  1. zone, area or district

Italian

Etymology

From Latin zōna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdzɔːna/

Noun

zona f (plural zone)

  1. a zone, area or district

Related terms


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

Noun

zōna f (genitive zōnae); first declension

  1. belt, girdle
  2. zone

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative zōna zōnae
genitive zōnae zōnārum
dative zōnae zōnīs
accusative zōnam zōnās
ablative zōnā zōnīs
vocative zōna zōnae

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References


Lithuanian

Noun

zonà f (plural zonos) stress pattern 2

  1. zone

Declension


Papiamentu

Noun

zona

  1. zone

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin zōna (girdle, zone), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, belt, sash, zone).

Pronunciation

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

  1. zone (in a broad geographic or geometric sense)
  2. area, region (part of a city or country)
    Ela mora nesta zona.
    She lives in this area.
  3. (Brazil, colloquial) mess
    A cozinha está uma zona!
    The kitchen is an absolute mess!
  4. (Brazil, colloquial) red light district

Synonyms


Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzo.na]

Noun

zona f

  1. definite singular nominative form of zonă. the zone
  2. definite singular accusative form of zonă. the zone

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zóna f (Cyrillic spelling зо́на)

  1. zone, area

Declension


Slovene

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzóːna/
  • Tonal orthography: zọ̑na

Noun

zóna f (genitive zóne, nominative plural zóne)

  1. shudder (shiver out of anxiety, excitement etc.)
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsóːna/
  • Tonal orthography: cọ̑na

Noun

zóna f (genitive zóne, nominative plural zóne)

  1. Alternative spelling of cóna
Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin zōna (girdle, zone), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, belt, sash, zone).

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈθo.na/
  • (Others) IPA(key): /ˈso.na/

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

  1. zone, district, area

Synonyms

Derived terms


Zulu

Pronoun

zona (combining stem -zo)

  1. they, them (class 8, class 10)

See also