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zodiacal

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English

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Etymology

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From zodiac +‎ -al.

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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.

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French

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

  1. zodiacal

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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

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

Adjective

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zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais)

  1. zodiacal
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Piedmontese

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zodiacal

  1. zodiacal
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From zodíaco +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /zo.d͡ʒi.aˈkaw/ [zo.d͡ʒɪ.aˈkaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /zo.d͡ʒjaˈkaw/ [zo.d͡ʒjaˈkaʊ̯]
 
  • (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

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zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais, not comparable)

  1. (astrology) zodiacal (of or relating to the zodiac)
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Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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

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zodiacal m or n (feminine singular zodiacală, masculine plural zodiacali, feminine and neuter plural zodiacale)

  1. zodiacal

Declension

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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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From zodiaco +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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zodiacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural zodiacales)

  1. zodiacal

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