zodiacal

English

Etymology

From Latin zōdiacus +‎ -al. By surface analysis, zodiac +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoʊˈdaɪ.ə.kəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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^[1], London: Charles Mearn, page 3:

     […] in some passages of the Old Testament they think they discover the Zodiacal course of the Sun […]

   • 1912, Henryk Sienkiewicz, chapter 14, in Mary Webb Artois, transl., Through the Desert‎^[2], New York: Benziger Brothers:

     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, chapter 2, in Memento Mori, New York: New Directions, published 2000:

     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

• exozodiacal
• zodiacal band
• zodiacal cloud
• zodiacal dust
• zodiacal light
• zodiacal parallel

Translations

of or pertaining to the zodiac

• Arabic: فَلَكِيّ m (falakiyy), خَاصّ بِالأَبْرَاج الفَلَكِيَّة m (ḵāṣs bi-l-ʔabrāj al-falakiyya)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: зодиакален (zodiakalen)
• Catalan: zodiacal m or f
• Corsican: zudiacale, zodiacale
• Dutch: zodiakaal (nl)
• Finnish: eläinrata-
• French: zodiacal (fr)
• Friulian: zodiacâl
• Galician: zodiacal (gl)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: zodiakal, Tierkreis-
• Hungarian: állatövi (hu)
• Occitan: zodiacal
• Polish: zodiakalny (pl)
• Portuguese: zodiacal (pt)
• Romanian: zodiacal (ro)
• Russian: зодиака́льный (ru) (zodiakálʹnyj)
• Spanish: zodiacal (es)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.dja.kal/

• Audio:

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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.

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θodjaˈkal/ [θo.ð̞jɑˈkɑɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θodjaˈkal/ [θo.ð̞jɑˈkɑɫ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sodjaˈkal/ [so.ð̞jɑˈkɑɫ]

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: zo‧dia‧cal

Adjective

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais)

1. zodiacal

Related terms

• zodíaco

Further reading

• “zodiacal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zudjaˈkal/

Adjective

zodiacal

1. zodiacal

Related terms

• 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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zu.djɐˈkal/ [zu.ðjɐˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zu.djɐˈka.li/ [zu.ðjɐˈka.li]

• 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)

Related terms

• zodíaco

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zodiacal. By surface analysis, zodiac +‎ -al.

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

Declension of zodiacal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	zodiacal		zodiacală		zodiacali	zodiacale
	definite	zodiacalul		zodiacala		zodiacalii	zodiacalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	zodiacal		zodiacale		zodiacali	zodiacale
	definite	zodiacalului		zodiacalei		zodiacalilor	zodiacalelor

Further reading

• “zodiacal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From zodiaco +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

zodiacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural zodiacales)

1. zodiacal

Derived terms

• luz zodiacal f
• signo zodiacal m

Further reading

• “zodiacal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10