zódiac
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the company Zodiac Marine & Pool, which makes such boats.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθodjak/ [ˈθo.ð̞jak]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsodjak/ [ˈso.ð̞jak]
- Rhymes: -odjak
- Syllabification: zó‧diac
Noun
[edit]zódiac f (plural zódiacs)
- 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
[edit]- “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