quetzal
French, noun/kɛt.zal/
quetzal is spelled Q-U-E-T-Z-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quetzal is a French masculine noun meaning “quetzal (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom normalisé donné à deux genres comprenant six espèces d'oiseaux arboricoles de la famille des trogonidés…”.
What does quetzal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequetzal (bird)
- 2
masculinequetzal (currency)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom normalisé donné à deux genres comprenant six espèces d'oiseaux arboricoles de la famille des trogonidés, de taille supérieure à celle des trogons, au plumage principalement coloré de vert et de rouge, typiquement dotées de très longues rectrices ornementales, et fréquentant pour la plupart les forêts montagneuses de l'écozone néotropicale (genres Euptilotis et Pharomachrus). 2. Monnaie du Guatemala.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quetzal
- quetzaux plural
- quetzals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quetzal?
- /kɛt.zal/
- \kɛt.zal\
- \ket.zal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quetzal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quetzal in French?
quetzal appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).