zodiaque

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French

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Etymology

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From Old French zodiaque.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zodiaque m (plural zodiaques)

  1. zodiac (belt-like region in the sky)
  2. zodiac (collectively, the signs of the zodiac)
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Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French zodiaque.

Noun

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zodiaque m (plural zodiaques)

  1. (Jersey, astronomy, astrology) zodiac

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος] (zōidiakós [kúklos], circle of little animals), from ζῴδιον (zṓidion), the diminutive of ζῷον (zôion, animal).

Noun

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zodiaque oblique singularm (oblique plural zodiaques, nominative singular zodiaques, nominative plural zodiaque)

  1. 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
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Descendants

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  • French: zodiaque
  • Norman: zodiaque
  • Middle English: zodiak
  • Classical Gaelic: stoidiace