"mescal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mescals [plural]
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es-MX|mezcal}} Mexican Spanish mezcal, {{der|en|nah|-}} Nahuatl, {{der|en|nci|-}} Classical Nahuatl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mescal (countable and uncountable, plural mescals)
  1. A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Agavoideae subfamily plants, Cacti Translations (Mexican alcoholic drink): meskalo (Esperanto), меска́ль (meskálʹ) [masculine] (Russian), nadah (Western Apache)
    Sense id: en-mescal-en-noun-boyCRcAo Disambiguation of Agavoideae subfamily plants: 92 8 Disambiguation of Cacti: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Western Apache translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Western Apache translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'Mexican alcoholic drink': 100 0
  2. The peyote cactus. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mescal-en-noun-uqEI2Yat
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mezcal, mexcal [rare] Derived forms: mescal bean, mescaline

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /mesˈkaw/ [Brazil], [mesˈkaʊ̯] [Brazil], /mesˈkaw/ [Brazil], [mesˈkaʊ̯] [Brazil], /meʃˈkaw/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [meʃˈkaʊ̯] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /mɛʃˈkal/ [Portugal], [mɛʃˈkaɫ] [Portugal], /mɛʃˈkal/ [Portugal], [mɛʃˈkaɫ] [Portugal], /mɛʃˈka.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: mescais [plural]
Rhymes: -al, -aw Etymology: From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”). Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|es-MX|mezcal}} Mexican Spanish mezcal, {{der|pt|nah|-}} Nahuatl, {{der|pt|nci|-}} Classical Nahuatl Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} mescal m (plural mescais)
  1. peyote; mescal (small, spineless cactus of Mexico and the southern United States) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mescal-pt-noun-Tbvyyfoh Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 2 70 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 2 73 5 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. mescal (Mexican alcoholic drink made from agave) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mescal-pt-noun-CrGUrY1t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: peiote

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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