zodiacal

From zodiac +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /zoʊˈdaɪ.ə.kəl/

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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, 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, 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.

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.dja.kal/

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

1. zodiacal

• “zodiacal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais)

1. zodiacal

• zodíaco

• “zodiacal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

• IPA^(key): /zudjaˈkal/

zodiacal

1. zodiacal

• zodìach

From zodíaco +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: zo‧di‧a‧cal

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais, not comparable)

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

• zodíaco

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

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

• IPA^(key): /zo.di.aˈkal/

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

1. zodiacal

• zodiacal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From zodiaco +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θodjaˈkal/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sodjaˈkal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: zo‧dia‧cal

zodiacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural zodiacales)

1. zodiacal

• “zodiacal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16