zodiaco
See also: zodíaco
Latin
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/ [θoˈð̞ja.ko]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /soˈdjako/ [soˈð̞ja.ko]
- Rhymes: -ako
- Syllabification: zo‧dia‧co
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zodiaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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