zodiaco
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See also: zodíaco
Italian
Noun
zodiaco m (plural zodiaci)
Latin
Noun
zōdiacō
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός (κύκλος) (zōidiakós (kúklos), literally “circle of small animals”), from ζῴδιον (zṓidion), a diminutive of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θoˈdjako/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /soˈdjako/
- Rhymes: -ako
- Syllabification: zo‧dia‧co
Noun
zodiaco m (plural zodiacos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zodiaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28