zona

See also: zonă, zoną, zóna, žona, żona, żoną, -zona, and Zona

Contents

English

Etymology 1

Latin zōna.

Noun

zona (plural zonas or zonae or zonæ)

1. (sciences) A zone or band; a layer.

Related terms

• zona pellucida
• zona radiata
• zona reticularis

 

Etymology 2

Noun

zona (plural zonas)

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

Anagrams

• -zoan, Azon, onza

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.na/

Noun

zona f (plural zones)

1. zone

Further reading

• “zona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

zona ? (plural zonas, diminutive zonake n)

1. (medicine) shingles

   Synonym: gordelroos

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zona/

• Audio

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Noun

zona m (plural zonas)

1. shingles

Verb

zona

1. third-person singular past historic of zoner

Further reading

• “zona” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin zōna.

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

1. zone, area, district

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Interlingua

Noun

zona (plural zonas)

1. zone, region

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin zōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdzɔːna/

• Audio (IT)

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Noun

zona f (plural zone)

1. a zone, area or district

Related terms

• zona a traffico limitato (ZTL)
• zona di guerra (“war zone”)
• zona disco (“meter zone (for cars)”)
• zona notte (“sleeping area (in a house)”)
• zona pedonale, zona verde (“pedestrian area in a town”)
• zona giorno
• zonale
• zona rifornimento
• zonatura
• zonizzare

 

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Latin

Alternative forms

• sōna

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzoː.na/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

zōna f (genitive zōnae); first declension

1. belt, girdle

   Synonym: cinctus

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

Derived terms

• zōnālis
• zōnārius
• zōnātim
• zōnula

 

Descendants

• Catalan: zona
• English: zone
• French: zone
• Galician: zona
• German: Zone
• Hungarian: zóna
• Italian: zona
• Portuguese: zona
• Romanian: zonă

References

• zona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• zona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• zona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• zona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• zona in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Lithuanian

Noun

zonà f (plural zònos) stress pattern 2

1. zone

Declension

declension of zona

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	zonà	zònos
genitive (kilmininkas)	zònos	zònų
dative (naudininkas)	zònai	zònoms
accusative (galininkas)	zòną	zonàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	zonà	zònomis
locative (vietininkas)	zònoje	zònose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	zòna	zònos

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish zona and Portuguese zona.

Noun

zona

1. zone

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzonɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzõnɐ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

1. zone (in a broad geographic or geometric sense)

   Synonyms: área, parte

2. area, region (part of a city or country)

   Ela mora nesta zona. ― She lives in this area.

   Synonym: região

3. (Brazil, colloquial) mess

   A cozinha está uma zona! ― The kitchen is an absolute mess!

   Synonym: desordem

4. (Brazil, colloquial) red light district; brothel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zona

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of zonar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of zonar

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzo.na]

Noun

zona f

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zóna f (Cyrillic spelling зо́на)

1. zone, area

Declension

Declension of zona

	singular	plural
nominative	zona	zone
genitive	zone	zona
dative	zoni	zonama
accusative	zonu	zone
vocative	zono	zone
locative	zoni	zonama
instrumental	zonom	zonama

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Slovene

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zóːna/

Noun

zọ̑na f

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

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	zóna
gen. sing.	zóne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	zóna	zóni	zóne
accusative	zóno	zóni	zóne
genitive	zóne	zón	zón
dative	zóni	zónama	zónam
locative	zóni	zónah	zónah
instrumental	zóno	zónama	zónami

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sóːna/

Noun

zọ̑na f

1. Alternative spelling of cóna

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	zóna
gen. sing.	zóne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	zóna	zóni	zóne
accusative	zóno	zóni	zóne
genitive	zóne	zón	zón
dative	zóni	zónama	zónam
locative	zóni	zónah	zónah
instrumental	zóno	zónama	zónami

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθona/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈsona/

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

1. zone, district, area

   Synonyms: área, localidad

Derived terms

• zonal
• zonificar

 

Further reading

• “zona” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 8 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 10 absolute pronoun.

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Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoːná/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 8 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -zo, poss. stem -zó
Full form	zoná
Locative	kúzo
Full form	zoná
Locative	kúzo
Copulative	yízo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâzo	ówâzo
Class 2	bâzo	ábâzo
Class 3	wâzo	ówâzo
Class 4	yâzo	éyâzo
Class 5	lâzo	élâzo
Class 6	âzo	áwâzo
Class 7	sâzo	ésâzo
Class 8	zâzo	ézâzo
Class 9	yâzo	éyâzo
Class 10	zâzo	ézâzo
Class 11	lwâzo	ólwâzo
Class 14	bâzo	óbâzo
Class 15	kwâzo	ókwâzo
Class 17	kwâzo	ókwâzo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 10 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -zo, poss. stem -zó
Full form	zoná
Locative	kúzo
Full form	zoná
Locative	kúzo
Copulative	yízo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâzo	ówâzo
Class 2	bâzo	ábâzo
Class 3	wâzo	ówâzo
Class 4	yâzo	éyâzo
Class 5	lâzo	élâzo
Class 6	âzo	áwâzo
Class 7	sâzo	ésâzo
Class 8	zâzo	ézâzo
Class 9	yâzo	éyâzo
Class 10	zâzo	ézâzo
Class 11	lwâzo	ólwâzo
Class 14	bâzo	óbâzo
Class 15	kwâzo	ókwâzo
Class 17	kwâzo	ókwâzo

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “zona”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “zona (6.3)”