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tzeltal

French, noun/tsɛl.tal/

tzeltal is spelled T-Z-E-L-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tzeltal is a French feminine noun meaning “Tzeltal (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue maya parlée dans le Chiapas au Mexique. Son code ISO 639-3 est tzh”.

What does tzeltal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineTzeltal (person)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineTzeltal (language)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Langue maya parlée dans le Chiapas au Mexique. Son code ISO 639-3 est tzh.

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 tzeltal

  • tzeltals plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tzeltal?

  • /tsɛl.tal/
  • /zɛl.tal/
  • \tzɛl.tal\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tzeltal in French?

tzeltal appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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