Aztec

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæz.tɛk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Az‧tec

Adjective

Aztec (comparative more Aztec, superlative most Aztec)

1. Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.

   Synonyms: Aztecan, Mexica, (obsolete) Mexican

2. Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.

   Synonyms: Aztecan, Nahua, (obsolete) Mexican

3. Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

   Synonyms: Aztecan, (obsolete) Mexican

Derived terms

• Aztecan
• Aztec broccoli
• Aztec code
• Aztec Empire
• Aztec lily
• Aztec marigold
• Aztec tobacco
• Aztec Triple Alliance
• Aztec two-step
• Aztequism
• Uto-Aztec

Translations

of or pertaining to the ethnic group

Belarusian: ацтэ́кскі (actékski) Catalan: asteca (ca) Finnish: atsteekki- (fi), atsteekkien (fi) (genitive plural of the noun) French: aztèque (fr) Hungarian: azték (hu) Macedonian: а́цтечки (áctečki) Marathi: आझटेक (ājhṭek) Polish: aztecki (pl) Russian: ацте́кский (ru) (actɛ́kskij) Serbo-Croatian: àztečkī (sh) Swedish: aztekisk (sv) Ukrainian: ацте́кський (actéksʹkyj)

of or pertaining to the language

Belarusian: ацтэ́кскі (actékski) Finnish: nahuatlinkielinen, nahuatlin (fi) (genitive of the noun) Macedonian: а́цтечки (áctečki) Marathi: आझटेक (ājhṭek) Russian: ацте́кский (ru) (actékskij) Serbo-Croatian: àztečkī (sh) Ukrainian: ацте́кський (actéksʹkyj)

Noun

Aztec (plural Aztecs or Aztec)

1. A Mexica.

   Synonyms: Mexica, (obsolete) Mexican

   • 1994, Diego Durán, translated by Doris Heyden, The History of the Indies of New Spain:

     The lords of Tlatelolco were greatly angered over this and said, one to another, "These Aztecs believe that we are of an alien lineage. Do they not know that we are Aztecs like them[?]

2. A Nahua.

   Synonym: Nahua

   • 1989, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Incarnations of the Aztec Supernatural: The Image of Huitzilopochtli in Mexico and Europe:

     Although united culturally, the Aztecs thought of themselves in terms of their particular tribal affiliations: as Mexica, Tetzcoca, Culhua, Tepaneca, etc.

3. (American football) A hybrid defensive back position combining aspects of the safety, nickelback and linebacker positions.

Translations

person from indigenous ethnic group

Belarusian: ацтэ́к m (acték) Catalan: asteca (ca) m Danish: azteker c Finnish: atsteekki (fi) French: Aztèque (fr) m Galician: azteca (gl) m or f Greek: Αζτέκος (el) m (Aztékos) Hungarian: azték (hu) Kazakh: ацтек (astek) Macedonian: А́цтек m (Áctek) Marathi: आझटेक m (ājhṭek) Norwegian: Bokmål: azteker m Nynorsk: aztekar m Polish: Aztek (pl) m, Azteczka f Russian: ацте́к (ru) m (acték) Serbo-Croatian: Àztēk (sh) m Spanish: azteca (es) m or f, asteca m or f Swedish: aztek (sv) c Ukrainian: ацте́к m (acték)

Proper noun

Aztec

1. One of the Nahuatl languages.

   Synonym: (obsolete) Mexican

2. A city, the county seat of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

Translations

Nahuatl language

Chinese: Mandarin: 納瓦特爾語 / 纳瓦特尔语 (zh) (Nàwǎtè'ěryǔ) Finnish: nahuatl (fi), atsteekkien kieli Galician: náhuatl (gl) m Irish: Nachuáitlis f, Astaicis f Macedonian: а́цтечки m (áctečki) Marathi: आझटेक f (ājhṭek) Polish: nahuatl (pl) m, aztecki (pl) m Russian: ацте́кский (язы́к) m (actɛ́kskij (jazýk)) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ацтечки m Roman: actečki m, nahuatl (sh) m Swahili: Kiazteki