horoscope
Syllables: ho·ro·scope/ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/US/ˈhɔ.ɹəˌskoʊp/
horoscope noun: the position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
Noun
horoscope (plural horoscopes)
- The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
- An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.
- We must talk of the force of circumstances, of imperative necessity, and find fault with the cruel horoscope which ordained such a fate.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 90
- "Ah, min hart! And what day was it?"
"How curious you are! Do you want to cast my horoscope?"1855, William Hurton, chapter XXIII, in The Doomed Ship; or, The Wreck of the Arctic Regions, London: Willoughby & Co., […], →OCLC, page 103
horoscope meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
horoscope in Hindi
- position of the planets and stars; diagram of such positions
- जन्मकुंडली janmakuṇḍlī
- astrological forecast
- राशिफल rāśiphal, जन्मकुंडली janmakuṇḍlī, जन्मपत्री janmapatrī
horoscope in Tamil
- astrological forecast
- ஜாதகம் jātakam, கட்டம் kaṭṭam
horoscope in Marathi
- astrological forecast
- कुंडली kuṇḍlī
horoscope in Urdu
- astrological forecast
- زائِچَہ zāica
More languagesFewer languages
- horoscope in Bengali
- রাশিফল raśiphol
- horoscope in Telugu
- జాతకము jātakamu
- horoscope in Malayalam
- ജാതകം jātakaṁ
- horoscope in Kannada
- ಜಾತಕ jātaka, ಜನ್ಮಕುಂಡಲಿ janmakuṇḍali, ಗ್ರಹಕುಂಡಲಿ grahakuṇḍali
- horoscope in Punjabi
- کنڈلی kunḍlī
- horoscope in Gujarati
- રાશિફળ rāśiphaḷ
- horoscope in Odia
- ରାଶିଫଳ, ଜାତକ
- horoscope in Sanskrit
- जातक jātaka
- horoscope in Nepali
- कुंडली
- horoscope in Arabic
- خَرِيطَةُ الْبُرُوج ḵarīṭatu l-burūj, أَبْرَاج ʔabrāj, طَالِعُ أَبْرَاج ṭāliʕu ʔabrāj
- horoscope in Malay
- horoskop
- horoscope in Indonesian
- horoskop
- horoscope in Thai
- ดวงชะตา duuang-chá-dtaa
- horoscope in Vietnamese
- biểu tử vi, lá số tử vi, tử vi
Forms of horoscope
| plural | horoscopes |
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Origin of horoscope
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.
Words formed from horoscope
Questions about horoscope
- What does horoscope mean?
- Horoscope means the position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
- What is horoscope in Hindi?
- Horoscope in Hindi is जन्मकुंडली (janmakuṇḍlī), राशिफल (rāśiphal), जन्मपत्री (janmapatrī). See Horoscope meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is horoscope?
- Horoscope is a noun.
- How do you pronounce horoscope?
- Horoscope is pronounced /ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of horoscope?
- The plural of horoscope is horoscopes.
Words near horoscope in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horoscope (page history and authors); کنڈلی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); રાશિફળ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); horoscope (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horoscope (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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