noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
UK:/əˈstɹɒlədʒi/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
CMU ARPABET:AH0 S T R AA1 L AH0 JH IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: star divination
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pseudoscience
Narrower terms: horoscopy
History
Etymology
From Middle French astrologie, and its source, Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “telling of the stars”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), a combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). Morphologically astro- + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
astrologie
— star divination
Afrikaans:
sterrewiggelary
— star divination
Albanian:
astrologji
— star divination
Arabic:
تَنْجِيم
(tanjīm)
— star divination
Armenian:
աստղագուշակություն
(astġagušakutʻyun)
— star divination
Basque:
astrologia
— star divination
Belarusian:
астрало́гія
(astralóhija)
— star divination
Belarusian:
астралёгія
(astraljóhija)
— star divination
Breton:
steredouriezh
— star divination
Bulgarian:
астрология
(astrologija)
— star divination
Burmese:
ဗေဒင်
(bedang)
— star divination
Burmese:
ဟူးရား
(hu:ra:)
— star divination
Burmese:
ဝေဒ
(weda.)
— star divination
Catalan:
astrologia
— star divination
Chinese Mandarin:
占星學
(zhānxīngxué)
— star divination
Chinese Mandarin:
星相
(xīngxiàng)
— star divination
Czech:
astrologie
— star divination
Czech:
hvězdopravectví
— star divination
Danish:
astrologi
— star divination
Dutch:
astrologie
— star divination
Dutch:
sterrenwichelarij
— star divination
Esperanto:
astrologio
— star divination
Estonian:
astroloogia
— star divination
Faroese:
stjørnuspeki
— star divination
Finnish:
astrologia
— star divination
French:
astrologie
— star divination
Galician:
astroloxía
— star divination
Georgian:
ასტროლოგია
(asṭrologia)
— star divination
German:
Astrologie
— star divination
Greek:
αστρολογία
(astrología)
— star divination
Ancient Greek:
ἀστρολογία
(astrología)
— star divination
Hindi:
ज्योतिष
(jyotiṣ)
— star divination
Hungarian:
asztrológia
— star divination
Hungarian:
csillagjóslás
— star divination
Icelandic:
stjörnuspeki
— star divination
Icelandic:
stjörnuspáfræði
— star divination
Indonesian:
astrologi
— star divination
Irish:
astralaíocht
— star divination
Italian:
astrologia
— star divination
Japanese:
占星学
(senseigaku)
— star divination
Kannada:
ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷ
(jyōtiṣa)
— star divination
Khmer:
ហោរាសាស្ត្រ
(haoraa saah)
— star divination
Lao:
ໂຫຣາສາດ
(r sāt)
— star divination
Lao:
ໂຫລາສາດ
(l sāt)
— star divination
Lao:
ນັກສັດຕະລະວິທະຍາ
(nak sat ta la wi tha nyā)
— star divination
Latin:
astrologia
— star divination
Lithuanian:
astrologija
— star divination
Macedonian:
астрологија
(astrologija)
— star divination
Malay:
astrologi
— star divination
Malay:
ilmu nujum
— star divination
Malay:
kaji bintang
— star divination
Malayalam:
ജ്യോതിഷം
(jyōtiṣaṁ)
— star divination
Maltese:
astroloġija
— star divination
Mongolian:
одон зурхай
(odon zurxaj)
— star divination
Mongolian:
астрологи
(astrologi)
— star divination
Mongolian:
ᠣᠳᠤᠨ ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠬᠠᠢ
(odun ǰiruqai)
— star divination
Mongolian:
ᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠷᠤᠯᠤᢉᠢ
— star divination
Nepali:
ज्योतिष
(jyotiṣ)
— star divination
Norwegian Bokmål:
astrologi
— star divination
Norwegian Nynorsk:
astrologi
— star divination
Norwegian Nynorsk:
stjernetyding
— star divination
Occitan:
astrologia
— star divination
Odia:
ଜଉତିଷ
(Jautisha)
— star divination
Pannonian Rusyn:
астролоґия
(astrologija)
— star divination
Persian:
ستارهشناسی
— star divination
Persian:
نجوم
— star divination
Persian:
اخترگویی
(axtarguyi)
— star divination
Middle Persian:
𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭥𐭩𐭤
— star divination
Polish:
astrologia
— star divination
Portuguese:
astrologia
— star divination
Romanian:
astrologie
— star divination
Russian:
астроло́гия
(astrológija)
— star divination
Sanskrit:
ज्योतिष
(jyotiṣa)
— star divination
Scottish Gaelic:
speuradaireachd
— star divination
Serbo-Croatian:
астрологија
— star divination
Serbo-Croatian:
astrologija
— star divination
Sikkimese:
སྐག་རྩིས
(skag rtsis)
— star divination
Sinhalese:
ජෝතිෂ්යය
(jōtiṣyaya)
— star divination
Slovak:
astrológia
— star divination
Slovene:
astrologija
— star divination
Spanish:
astrología
— star divination
Swahili:
unajimu
— star divination
Swahili:
falaki
— star divination
Swedish:
astrologi
— star divination
Tagalog:
astrolohiya
— star divination
Thai:
โหราศาสตร์
(hǒo-raa-sàat)
— star divination
Thai:
นักษัตรวิทยา
(nák-sàt-dtrà-wít-tá-yaa)
— star divination
Turkish:
astroloji
— star divination
Ukrainian:
астрологія
(astrolohija)
— star divination
