zodiaco
See also: zodíaco
Italian
Noun
zodiaco m (plural zodiaci)
Latin
Noun
zōdiacō
- dative/ablative singular of zōdiacus
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός (κύκλος) (zōidiakós (kúklos), literally “circle of small animals”), from ζῴδιον (zōídion), a diminutive of ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θoˈdjako/ [θoˈð̞ja.ko] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /soˈdjako/ [soˈð̞ja.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
- 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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024