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horoscope

noun · 4 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

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  • UK: /ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈhɔ.ɹəˌskoʊp/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 R AH0 S K OW2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diagram

4

noun

Meaning 4

a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French horoscope, from Medieval Latin horoscopus, from Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος (hōroskópos), from ὥρα (hṓra, “any limited time”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”). By surface analysis, horo- + -scope.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَرِيطَة اَلْبُرُوج (ḵarīṭat al-burūj) — astrological forecast
  • Arabic: أَبْرَاج (ʔabrāj) — astrological forecast
  • Armenian: ժամադիտակ (žamaditak) — astrological forecast
  • Armenian: ռադիքս (ṙadikʻs) — astrological forecast
  • Armenian: հորոսկոպ (horoskop) — astrological forecast
  • Bashkir: йондоҙнамә (yondoźnamə) — astrological forecast
  • Catalan: horòscop — astrological forecast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 占星 (zhānxīng) — astrological forecast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星座運勢 /星座运势 — astrological forecast
  • Coptic: ⲛⲓⲡⲩⲣⲅⲟⲥ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁϩⲓ̅ⲃ̅ (nipurgos m̀mahi̅b̅) — astrological forecast
  • Czech: horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Danish: horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Dutch: horoscoop — astrological forecast
  • Esperanto: horoskopo — astrological forecast
  • Estonian: horoscoop — astrological forecast
  • Finnish: horoskooppi — astrological forecast
  • French: horoscope — astrological forecast
  • Galician: horóscopo — astrological forecast
  • Georgian: ჰოროსკოპი (horosḳoṗi) — astrological forecast
  • German: Horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Greek: ωροσκόπιο (oroskópio) — astrological forecast
  • Hebrew: הורוסקופ — astrological forecast
  • Hindi: राशिफल (rāśiphal) — astrological forecast
  • Hindi: जन्मकुंडली (janmakuṇḍlī) — astrological forecast
  • Hindi: जन्मपत्री (janmapatrī) — astrological forecast
  • Hungarian: horoszkóp — astrological forecast
  • Italian: oroscopo — astrological forecast
  • Japanese: ホロスコープ (horosukōpu) — astrological forecast
  • Japanese: 星占い (hoshiuranai) — astrological forecast
  • Kannada: ಜಾತಕ (jātaka) — astrological forecast
  • Kannada: ಜನ್ಮಕುಂಡಲಿ (janmakuṇḍali) — astrological forecast
  • Kannada: ಗ್ರಹಕುಂಡಲಿ (grahakuṇḍali) — astrological forecast
  • Korean: 운세 (unse) — astrological forecast
  • Lithuanian: horoskopas — astrological forecast
  • Macedonian: хороскоп (horoskop) — astrological forecast
  • Malayalam: ജാതകം (jātakaṁ) — astrological forecast
  • Marathi: कुंडली (kuṇḍlī) — astrological forecast
  • Norwegian Bokmål: horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Persian: زایچه (zâyče) — astrological forecast
  • Persian: زایجه (zâyje) — astrological forecast
  • Polish: horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Portuguese: horóscopo — astrological forecast
  • Russian: гороско́п (goroskóp) — astrological forecast
  • Sanskrit: जातक (jātaka) — astrological forecast
  • Slovak: horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Spanish: horóscopo — astrological forecast
  • Swedish: horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Tajik: толеънома (tole'noma) — astrological forecast
  • Tajik: зойча (zoyča) — astrological forecast
  • Tajik: зоича (zoyiča) — astrological forecast
  • Tamil: ஜாதகம் (jātakam) — astrological forecast
  • Tamil: கட்டம் (kaṭṭam) — astrological forecast
  • Telugu: జాతకము (jātakamu) — astrological forecast
  • Turkish: horoskop — astrological forecast
  • Turkish: burç — astrological forecast
  • Urdu: زائچہ (zaicha) — astrological forecast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天宮圖 /天宫图 (tiāngōngtú) — position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
  • Galician: horóscopo — position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
  • German: Horoskop — position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
  • Hindi: जन्मकुंडली (janmakuṇḍlī) — position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
  • Persian: زایچه (zâyče) — position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
  • Polish: horoskop — position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
  • Russian: гороско́п (goroskóp) — position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions