axolotl

Orthographic borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.səˌlɒ.təl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/

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• Hyphenation: ax‧o‧lotl

axolotl (plural axolotls or (nonstandard) axolots)

1. A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.

   Synonyms: Mexican salamander, Mexican walking fish, water monster

   She is going on a tour to see axolotls at Mexico.

• → Assamese: আচলটল (asolotol)
• → Dutch: axolotl
• → Esperanto: aksolotlo
• → Finnish: aksolotli
• → French: axolotl
  • → Romanian: axolot
• → German: Axolotl
• → Greek: αξολότλ (axolótl)
• → Ido: axoloto
• → Irish: acsalatal
• → Italian: assolotto
• → Macedonian: аксоло́тл (aksolótl)
• → Polish: aksolotl
• → Russian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ)
• → Turkish: aksolotl
• → Ukrainian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ)
• → Welsh: acsolotl
• → Yiddish: אַקסאָלאָטל (aksolotl)

• “axolotl”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “axolotl”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “axolotl, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

axolotl

1. axolotl

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• acholotl (Calpan, Tlaxcala)

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• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

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axolotl (plural axolomeh)

1. (Amecameca, Calpan, Cholula, Jaltocán, Milpa Alta, Texcoco) axolotl

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• Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158.

Generally interpreted to be a compound of ātl (“water”) +‎ xōlōtl (“male servant”).

Alternatively, the second element may be cognate with Huichol xiurí (“axolotl”). The compounding with ātl (“water”) may have originated as a disambiguation from several unrelated quasi-homonyms, such as xōlōtl (“male servant”) or Xolotl (name for a god).

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/, [aː.ˈʃóː.loːt͡ɬ]

āxōlōtl (animate, plural āxōlōmeh)

1. an edible larval salamander

   yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin. yn cueyame. yn axollome. yn acociltin. aneneztin. ahuihuitlame yn axaxayacatl. yn quatecomatl. yoyolli.

   And fish now bred, and frogs, salamanders, crayfish, dragonfly, larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects

• → English: axolotl
  • → Assamese: আচলটল (asolotol)
  • → Dutch: axolotl
  • → Esperanto: aksolotlo
  • → Finnish: aksolotli
  • → French: axolotl
    • → Romanian: axolot
  • → German: Axolotl
  • → Greek: αξολότλ (axolótl)
  • → Ido: axoloto
  • → Irish: acsalatal
  • → Italian: assolotto
  • → Macedonian: аксоло́тл (aksolótl)
  • → Polish: aksolotl
  • → Russian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ)
  • → Turkish: aksolotl
  • → Ukrainian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ)
  • → Welsh: acsolotl
  • → Yiddish: אַקסאָלאָטל (aksolotl)
• → Japanese: アホロートル (ahorōtoru)
• → Korean: 아홀로틀 (aholloteul)
• → Spanish: ajolote, ajolota
  • → Galician: axolote
  • → Portuguese: axolote

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
• Kartunnen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 15
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 30

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

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• Hyphenation: axo‧lotl

axolotl m (plural axolotls, diminutive axolotltje n)

1. axolotl

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “axolotl”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɔ.lɔtl/

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axolotl m (plural axolotls)

1. axolotl

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• “axolotl”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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axolotl

1. axolotl

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axolotl

1. axolotl

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axolotl

1. axolotl

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axolotl

1. axolotl

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• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

axolotl

1. axolotl

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