"quetzal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛt.səl/ [UK], /ˈkɛt.səl/ [US], /kɛtˈsɑl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quetzal.wav Forms: quetzals [plural], quetzales [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtsəl, (US) -ɑl Etymology: From Spanish quetzal, from Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“brightly colored tail feather, quetzal feather”), from quetza (“to raise, lift”); see also Classical Nahuatl quetzaltōtōtl (“quetzal bird”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|quetzal}} Spanish quetzal, {{der|en|nci|quetzalli|t=brightly colored tail feather, quetzal feather}} Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“brightly colored tail feather, quetzal feather”), {{cog|nci|quetzaltōtōtl|t=quetzal bird}} Classical Nahuatl quetzaltōtōtl (“quetzal bird”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} quetzal (plural quetzals or quetzales)
  1. Any trogon of the genus Pharomacrus, especially the resplendent quetzal, Pharomacrus mocinno, which has very long tail feathers and is found in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
    Sense id: en-quetzal-en-noun-JOWo2Eki Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 29 0 0 1 9 28 0 20
  2. A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos. Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): Guatemala Categories (lifeform): Birds Translations (monetary unit): quetzal [masculine] (Catalan), quetzal [masculine] (Dutch), quetzal (Finnish), quetzal [masculine] (French), Quetzal [masculine] (German), केट्जाल (keṭjāl) (Marathi), quetzal [masculine] (Polish), quetzal [masculine] (Romanian), quetzal [masculine] (Spanish), кетсаль (ketsalʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-quetzal-en-noun-w8nJcM2p Disambiguation of Currencies: 36 64 Disambiguation of Guatemala: 38 62 Disambiguation of Birds: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Classical Nahuatl translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with K'iche' translations, Terms with Mam translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Pipil translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yucatec Maya translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 29 0 0 1 9 28 0 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Classical Nahuatl translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with K'iche' translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mam translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Pipil translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Yucatec Maya translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'monetary unit': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: centavo, Quetzalcoatl Translations (quetzal bird): quetzal [masculine] (Catalan), ketsaltototl (Central Huasteca Nahuatl), quetzaltototl (Classical Nahuatl), kvesal [masculine] (Czech), quetzal [masculine] (Dutch), ketsaali (Finnish), quetzal [masculine] (French), couroucou royal [masculine] (French), Quetzal [masculine] (German), q’uq’ (K'iche'), q’uq’ (Mam), केट्जाल (keṭjāl) (Marathi), biʼééʼ dootłʼizhgo disxǫsígíí (Navajo), ketzal (Pipil), kwezal [masculine] (Polish), quetzal [masculine] (Polish), quetzal [masculine] (Romanian), cuezal [masculine] (Romanian), quetzal [masculine] (Spanish), kuk (Yucatec Maya), kukuul (Yucatec Maya)
Disambiguation of 'quetzal bird': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "quetzals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quetzales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "centavo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Quetzalcoatl"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Ann Marie Stock, Framing Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Critical Perspectives, page 80:",
          "text": "Included among the images that Rigoberta Menchú uses in order to subtly convey her people's ethnicity is an image of Guatemala as the \"land of the quetzal.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Sy Barlowe, Learning about Rain Forest Animals, page 12:",
          "text": "A strikingly beautiful bird, the quetzal is the national emblem of Guatemala, appearing on its currency and postage. The quetzal ranges from southern Mexico to Costa Rica.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Eric Dinerstein, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, page 65:",
          "text": "This particular wild avocado species had beautiful small black fruits set in a red cap that made it easy for the quetzals to find them.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Any trogon of the genus Pharomacrus, especially the resplendent quetzal, Pharomacrus mocinno, which has very long tail feathers and is found in Guatemala and Costa Rica."
      ],
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          "trogon",
          "trogon"
        ],
        [
          "Guatemala",
          "Guatemala"
        ],
        [
          "Costa Rica",
          "Costa Rica"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Anastasia Xenias, “Dollarization: The End of Monetary Pluralism in South America?”, in Avery Plaw, editor, Frontiers of Diversity: Explorations in Contemporary Pluralism, page 109:",
          "text": "In 2002 Guatemala officially declared the U.S. dollar as legal tender to circulate in parallel to the national currency, the quetzal. This is not likely to last for long as the quetzal is not widely accepted and is considered a weak store of value.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, International Monetary Fund, Guatemala: 2005 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "In this situation, they chose a policy mix of moderate monetary tightening, tight fiscal policy, and central bank intervention in the foreign exchange market to prevent excessive appreciation of the quetzal, without pursuing an exchange rate target[…].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Charles Enoch, Karl Habermeier, Marta de Castello Branco, editors, Building Monetary and Financial Systems: Case Studies in Technical Assistance, International Monetary Fund, page 105:",
          "text": "To cope with the subsequent mounting pressures on the domestic currency, the Bank of Guatemala (Banguat) started to intervene in the foreign exchange market to moderate the quetzal depreciation and tightened monetary policy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A monetary unit used in Guatemala, equal to 100 centavos."
      ],
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        [
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          "centavo",
          "centavo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɛt.səl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛt.səl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/kɛtˈsɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɛtsəl"
    },
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      "rhymes": "(US) -ɑl"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "ketsaltototl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "quetzaltototl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvesal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "ketsaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couroucou royal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "quc",
      "lang": "K'iche'",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "q’uq’"
    },
    {
      "code": "mam",
      "lang": "Mam",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "q’uq’"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "keṭjāl",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "केट्जाल"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "biʼééʼ dootłʼizhgo disxǫsígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ppl",
      "lang": "Pipil",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "ketzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwezal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuezal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "kuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "quetzal bird",
      "word": "kukuul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "keṭjāl",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "word": "केट्जाल"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quetzal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ketsalʹ",
      "sense": "monetary unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кетсаль"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Guatemalan quetzal",
    "quetzal"
  ],
  "word": "quetzal"
}

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