zodiaque

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin zōdiācus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός (zōidiakós, “circle of little animals”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.djak/

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• Homophone: Zodiac

Noun

zodiaque m (plural zodiaques)

1. zodiac (belt-like region in the sky)
2. zodiac (collectively, the signs of the zodiac)

Related terms

• signe du zodiaque
• zodiacal

Further reading

• “zodiaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French zodiaque, from Latin zōdiācus, from Ancient Greek ζωδιακός [κύκλος] (zōdiakós [kúklos], “circle of little animals”), from ζῴδιον (zṓidion), the diminutive of ζῶον (zôon, “animal”).

Noun

zodiaque m (plural zodiaques)

1. (Jersey, astronomy, astrology) zodiac

Old French

Noun

zodiaque oblique singular, m (oblique plural zodiaques, nominative singular zodiaques, nominative plural zodiaque)

1. zodiac
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 169 of this essay:

     c’est il ainsy quant aus signes du zodiaque la tierce condicion y est necessaire

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)