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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English zodiak (late 14th century), from Old French zodiaque, from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος] (zōidiakós [kúklos], “ of little animals”), from ζῴδιον (zṓidion), the diminutive of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zodiac (plural zodiacs)
- (astrology) The belt-like region of the celestial sphere approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic which include the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets.
- (astrology) The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region.
- Synonym: star sign
- (astronomy) The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year.
- Any of various astrological systems considered similar to the above.
1998, Sylvia Sikundar, Barbara DuMoulin, Celebrating Our Cultures, Pembroke Publishers Limited, →ISBN, page 58:Discussing both Chinese and Western zodiacs might be a prewriting activity.
- (countable) A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.
Derived terms
Translations
belt-like region in the sky
- Arabic: أَبْرَاجُ السَّمَاء f pl (ʔabrāju s-samāʔ)
- Armenian: կենդանակերպ (hy) (kendanakerp)
- Bulgarian: зодиак m (zodiak)
- Catalan: zodíac m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 黃道帶／黄道带 (zh) (huángdàodài)
- Czech: zvěrokruh (cs) m, zvířetník (cs) m
- Danish: zodiak c, dyrekredsj c
- Dutch: dierenriem (nl) m, zodiak (nl) m
- Esperanto: zodiako
- Finnish: eläinrata (fi), zodiakki (fi)
- French: zodiaque (fr) m
- Galician: zodíaco (gl) m
- Georgian: ზოდიაქო (zodiako)
- German: Zodiac m, Zodiak (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: ζῳδιακός m (zōidiakós)
- Hindi: चक्र (hi) m (cakra), राशिचक्र (hi) m (rāśicakra), भचक्र (hi) m (bhacakra)
- Hungarian: állatöv (hu), zodiákus (hu)
- Indonesian: zodiak (id)
- Irish: stoidiaca m
- Italian: zodiaco (it) m
- Japanese: 黄道帯 (こうどうたい, kōdōtai), ゾディアック (zodiakku)
- Kazakh: зодиак (zodiak)
- Korean: 황도대(黃道帶) (hwangdodae), 수대(獸帶) (sudae)
- Macedonian: зо́дијак m (zódijak)
- Maltese: żodjaku m
- Norman: zodiaque m
- Pali: rāsicakka n
- Persian: منطقةالبروج (fa) (mantaqt-olboruj)
- Polish: zodiak (pl) m, zwierzyniec niebieski m
- Portuguese: zodíaco (pt) m
- Romanian: zodiac (ro) n
- Russian: зодиа́к (ru) m (zodiák)
- Sanskrit: चक्र (sa) m or n (cakra), राशिचक्र (sa) n (rāśicakra)
- Scottish Gaelic: grian-chrios m
- Slovak: zvieratník (sk) m, (obsolete) zverokruh m
- Spanish: zodíaco (es)
- Swedish: zodiaken (sv)
- Tagalog: tahaklaw
- Thai: จักรราศี (th) (jàk-grà-raa-sǐi)
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twelve signs in astrology
- Afrikaans: diereriem (af)
- Arabic: أَبْرَاجُ السَّمَاء f pl (ʔabrāju s-samāʔ)
- Armenian: կենդանակերպ (hy) (kendanakerp)
- Bulgarian: зодия f (zodija)
- Catalan: zodíac m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (Chinese zodiac) 生肖 (zh) (shēngxiào), 屬相／属相 (zh) (shǔxiàng), 十二宮／十二宫 (zh) (shí'èrgōng)
- Czech: zvěrokruh (cs) m
- Danish: zodiak c, dyrekreds c
- Dutch: dierenriem (nl) m, zodiak (nl) m
- Esperanto: zodiako
- Estonian: sodiaak (et)
- Finnish: (eläinradan) merkki
- French: zodiaque (fr) m
- Georgian: ზოდიაქო (zodiako)
- German: Tierkreis (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: ζῳδιακός m (zōidiakós)
- Hindi: राशि (hi) f (rāśi), राशिचक्र (hi) m (rāśicakra), चक्र (hi) m (cakra), भचक्र (hi) m (bhacakra) , बुर्ज (hi) m (burj)
- Hungarian: állatöv (hu), zodiákus (hu)
- Icelandic: stjörnumerki (is) n
- Indonesian: rasi (id), zodiak (id)
- Irish: comhartha an Stoidiaca m
- Italian: zodiaco (it) m
- Japanese: 星座 (ja) (seiza), 十二宮 (ja) (じゅうにきゅう, jūnikyū)
- Kazakh: зодиак (zodiak)
- Korean: 황도십이궁(黃道十二宮) (hwangdosibigung), 십이궁(十二宮) (sibigung), 십이성좌(十二星座) (sibiseongjwa)
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- Macedonian: зо́дијак m (zódijak), хо́роскоп m (hóroskop)
- Malay: zodiak
- Maltese: żodjaku m
- Norman: zodiaque m
- Norwegian: zodiak m, dyrekrets (no) m, stjernetegnene n pl (definite)
- Old English: circulcræft m
- Pali: rāsi m
- Polish: zodiak (pl) m, zwierzyniec niebieski m
- Portuguese: zodíaco (pt) m
- Romanian: zodiac (ro) n
- Russian: зодиа́к (ru) m (zodiák)
- Sanskrit: चक्र (sa) m or n (cakra), राशिचक्र (sa) n (rāśicakra), राशि (sa) m or f (rāśi)
- Scottish Gaelic: grian-chrios m, casan na grèine f pl
- Slovak: zvieratník (sk) m, (obsolete) zverokruh m
- Spanish: zodíaco (es)
- Swedish: stjärntecken (sv) n, zodiak c
- Tagalog: tahaklaw
- Thai: ราศี (th) (raa-sǐi)
- Ukrainian: зодіа́к m (zodiák)
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Noun
zodiac m (plural zodiacs)
- zodiac
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός (zōidiakós).
Noun
zodiac n (plural zodiace)
- zodiac
Declension
Spanish
Noun
zodiac m (plural zodiacs)
- Alternative spelling of zódiac (“rubber dinghy”)
