zong

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

zong

1. singular past indicative of zingen

From French ongle. In French, the plural form ongles is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, ongles was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

• IPA^(key): /zɔ̃ɡ/, [zɔ̃ŋ]

zong

1. fingernail

• zong pye

zong

1. nonstandard spelling of zōng
2. nonstandard spelling of zǒng
3. nonstandard spelling of zòng

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From French ongle. In French, the plural word ongles is commonly preceded by a word, such as aux, les or mes, whose final s or x is not pronounced except in front of vowels, where it is pronounced /z/. As a result, ongles was reanalyzed as having /z/ at the beginning.

• IPA^(key): /zoŋ/

zong

1. fingernail, toenail

zong

1. (Kent) alternative form of song

From Middle English song, from Old English sang.

• IPA^(key): /zɔŋ/

zong

1. song
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 80:

     Yola zong.

     An old song.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 82