zodiacal

English

Etymology

zodiac +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌzoʊ.ˈdaɪ.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,^[1]

     […] 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,^[2]

     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.

Derived terms

• exozodiacal
• zodiacal band
• zodiacal light
• zodiacal parallel

Translations

of or pertaining to the zodiac

• Arabic: فَلَكِيّ m (falakiyy), خَاصّ بِالأَبْرَاج الفَلَكِيَّة m (ḵāṣs bi-l-ʾabrāj al-falakiyya)
• Galician: zodiacal
• Portuguese: zodiacal (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: zodiacal (ro)
• Russian: зодиака́льный (ru) (zodiakálʹnyj)
• Spanish: zodiacal (es)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.dja.kal/

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Adjective

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

1. zodiacal

Further reading

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

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Galician

Adjective

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais)

1. zodiacal

Related terms

• zodíaco

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Portuguese

Etymology

From zodíaco +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo.ˌd͡ʒi.a.ˈkaw/

Adjective

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

Related terms

• zodíaco

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Spanish

Etymology

From zodiaco +‎ -al.

Adjective

zodiacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural zodiacales)

1. zodiacal

Derived terms

• luz zodiacal f
• signo zodiacal m