zodiaque
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin zōdiācus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός (zōidiakós, “circle of little animals”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zodiaque m (plural zodiaques)
Related terms
Further reading
- “zodiaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French zodiaque, from Latin zōdiācus, from Ancient Greek ζωδιακός [κύκλος] (zōdiakós [kúklos], “circle of little animals”), from ζῴδιον (zṓidion), the diminutive of ζῶον (zôon, “animal”).
Noun
zodiaque m (plural zodiaques)
Old French
Noun
zodiaque oblique singular, m (oblique plural zodiaques, nominative singular zodiaques, nominative plural zodiaque)
- zodiac
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 169 of this essay:
- c’est il ainsy quant aus signes du zodiaque la tierce condicion y est necessaire
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)