zódiac

See also: zodiac, Zodiac, and zodíac

Spanish

Alternative forms

• zodiac

Etymology

From the company Zodiac Marine & Pool, which makes such boats.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθodjak/ [ˈθo.ð̞jak]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsodjak/ [ˈso.ð̞jak]
• Rhymes: -odjak
• Syllabification: zó‧diac

Noun

zódiac f (plural zódiacs)

1. RIB, motorized rubber dinghy
   • 2015 September 15, “La caza del asesino del Camino de Santiago, retransmitida en directo”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Hasta se desplazó una embarcación tipo zódiac que no llegó a emplearse porque el único riachuelo de la zona, el Jerga, baja seco desde la primavera.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “zódiac”, 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