# zodiacal
## English
### Etymology

From Latin zōdiacus +‎ -al. By surface analysis, zodiac +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zoʊˈdaɪ.ə.kəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

zodiacal (comparative more zodiacal, superlative most zodiacal)
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* exozodiacal
* zodiacal band
* zodiacal cloud
* zodiacal dust
* zodiacal light
* zodiacal parallel

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “zodiacal, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zɔ.dja.kal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

### Further reading

* “zodiacal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θodjaˈkal/ [θo.ð̞jɑˈkɑɫ]
* IPA: (standard) /θodjaˈkal/ [θo.ð̞jɑˈkɑɫ]
* IPA: (seseo) /sodjaˈkal/ [so.ð̞jɑˈkɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: zo‧dia‧cal

### Adjective

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais)
* zodiacal

#### Related terms

* zodíaco

### Further reading

* “zodiacal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zudjaˈkal/

### Adjective

zodiacal
* zodiacal

#### Related terms

* zodìach

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From zodíaco +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /zo.d͡ʒi.aˈkaw/ [zo.d͡ʒɪ.aˈkaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /zo.d͡ʒjaˈkaw/ [zo.d͡ʒjaˈkaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /zu.djɐˈkal/ [zu.ðjɐˈkaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /zu.djɐˈkal/ [zu.ðjɐˈkaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /zu.djɐˈka.li/ [zu.ðjɐˈka.li]
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: zo‧di‧a‧cal

### Adjective

zodiacal m or f (plural zodiacais, not comparable)
* (astrology) zodiacal (of or relating to the zodiac)

#### Related terms

* zodíaco

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zo.di.aˈkal/

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From zodiaco +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

zodiacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural zodiacales)
* zodiacal

#### Derived terms

* luz zodiacal f
* signo zodiacal m

### Further reading

* “zodiacal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10