zodiacal

English

Etymology

zodiac + -al

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zoʊˈdaɪ.ə.kəl/

Adjective

zodiacal (comparative more zodiacal, superlative most zodiacal)

  1. (astronomy, astrology) Of or pertaining to the zodiac.
    • 1683, Thomas Browne, “Observations upon Several Plants Mention’d in Scripture” in Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: Charles Mearn, p. 3,
      [] in some passages of the Old Testament they think they discover the Zodiacal course of the Sun []
    • 1912, Mary Webb Artois (translator), Through the Desert by Henryk Sienkiewicz, New York: Benziger Brothers, Chapter 14,
      For several evenings the pale twinkling of the somber zodiacal stars lighted up the west side of the heavens for some time after the sun had set.
    • 1959, Muriel Spark, Memento Mori, New York: New Directions, 2000, Chapter 2,
      She knew by heart everyone’s Zodiacal sign.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:
      In the zodiacal procession of the poles, the 25,920-year cycle, Lascaux is the time of Virgo, and Virgo is associated with artistic excellence and discrimination.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɔ.dja.kal/
  • (file)

Adjective

zodiacal (feminine zodiacale, masculine plural zodiacaux, feminine plural zodiacales)

  1. zodiacal

Further reading

Galician

Adjective

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais)

  1. zodiacal

Further reading

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zudjaˈkal/

Adjective

zodiacal

  1. zodiacal
  • zodìach

Portuguese

Etymology

From zodíaco + -al.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /zo.d͡ʒi.aˈkaw/ [zo.d͡ʒɪ.aˈkaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /zo.d͡ʒjaˈkaw/ [zo.d͡ʒjaˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /zu.djɐˈkal/ [zu.ðjɐˈkaɫ]

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: zo‧di‧a‧cal

Adjective

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais, not comparable)

  1. (astrology) zodiacal (of or relating to the zodiac)

Further reading

  • zodiacal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

From French zodiacal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zo.di.aˈkal/

Adjective

zodiacal m or n (feminine singular zodiacală, masculine plural zodiacali, feminine and neuter plural zodiacale)

  1. zodiacal

Declension

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From zodiaco + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θodjaˈkal/ [θo.ð̞jaˈkal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /sodjaˈkal/ [so.ð̞jaˈkal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: zo‧dia‧cal

Adjective

zodiacal (plural zodiacales)

  1. zodiacal

Derived terms

Further reading

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