"Quetzalcoatl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Central Nahuatl]

Audio: Ketsalkoatl.ogg
Head templates: {{head|nhn|noun}} Quetzalcoatl
  1. Quetzalcoatl, deity.
    Sense id: en-Quetzalcoatl-nhn-noun-EBWBUH3v Categories (other): Central Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Gods

Proper name [Classical Nahuatl]

IPA: [két͡saɬˈkóː(w)aːt͡ɬ] Forms: Quetzalcōātl [animate, canonical], queçalcoatle [alternative]
Etymology: From quetzalli (“a quetzal tail feather”) + cōātl (“a snake”). Etymology templates: {{compound|nci|quetzalli|cōātl|t1=a quetzal tail feather|t2=a snake}} quetzalli (“a quetzal tail feather”) + cōātl (“a snake”) Head templates: {{head|nci|proper noun|g=an|head=Quetzalcōātl}} Quetzalcōātl anim
  1. (he is) the god Quetzalcoatl. Derived forms: ehquetzalcōātl, quēquetzalcōah
    Sense id: en-Quetzalcoatl-nci-name-OjS12pN0 Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Gods

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌkɛt.səl.kəʊˈæt.əl/ [UK], /kɛtˌsɑl.koʊˈɑːt.əl/ [US]
enPR: kĕt-säl′kō-ät′l [US] Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl (literally “quetzal-feather snake”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nci|Quetzalcōātl|lit=quetzal-feather snake}} Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl (literally “quetzal-feather snake”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Quetzalcoatl
  1. The Aztec name for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations. Wikipedia link: Quetzalcoatl Translations (Aztec deity): Quetzalcōātl (Classical Nahuatl), Quetzalcóatl [masculine] (French), Κετζαλκόατλ (Ketzalkóatl) (Greek), Κετσαλκόατλ (Ketsalkóatl) (Greek), Quetzalcóatl (Portuguese), Кетцалькоатль (Ketcalʹkoatlʹ) (Russian), Quetzalcóatl (Spanish), קעצאַלקאָאַטל (Ketzalkoatl) (Yiddish)
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