Complete Definition of "angel"

see|Angel|ángel
Image:Statue at Metairie Cemetery.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of an angel.
English

Etymology
From OE. engel, influenced in ME. by OF. angele, both from LL. angelus, from AGr. polytonic|�γγελο� (angelos), from Mycenaean Greek ��� (a-ke-ro) "messenger". (See also under άγγελο�#Etymology|άγγελο�.)

Pronunciation
enPR|�nʹj�l, IPA|/�eɪn.d��l/
audio|en-uk-angel.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-angel.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
  2. context|biblical tradition In Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels, below virtues.
  3. A selfless person.

#: You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel.

Translations
trans-top|messenger from a deity
Aramaic:

Croatian: t-|hr|an�eo|m
Czech: t-|cs|and�l|m
Danish: t+|da|engel|c
Finnish: t+|fi|enkeli
French: t+|fr|ange|m
German: t+|de|Engel|m
Greek: t+|el|άγγελο�|m|trángelos|scGrek
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Japanese: t+|ja|天使|sc=Jpan (tenshi)
Polish: t|pl|anio� m
Russian: t+|ru|ангел|m||tráng'el|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|ángel|m
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trans-top|in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
Aramaic:

Croatian: t-|hr|an�eo|m
Danish: t+|da|engel|c
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Finnish: t+|fi|enkeli
French: t+|fr|ange|m
Frisian: ingel
German: t+|de|Engel|m
Japanese: t+|ja|天使||trtenshi|scJpan
Polish: t|pl|anio� m
Russian: t+|ru|ангел|m|tráng'el|scCyrl
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trans-top|selfless person
Croatian: t-|hr|an�eo|m
Danish: t+|da|engel|c
Dutch: t+|nl|engel|m
Finnish: t+|fi|enkeli
trans-mid
French: t+|fr|ange|m
Frisian: ingel
German: t+|de|Engel|m
Greek: t+|el|άγγελο�|m|trángelos|scGrek
Polish: t|pl|anio� m
Russian: t+|ru|ангел|m||áng'el|sc=Cyrl
Turkish: t-|tr|melek
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ttbc|Bulgarian: ангел m
ttbc|Estonian: ingel
ttbc|Greek, Ancient: άγγελο� m (angelos, mod.)
ttbc|Hebrew: ����|�ַ�ְ�ָ�ְ m (mal'akh), �ר��|�ְּר�ּ� m (khrub)
ttbc|Hungarian: angyal
ttbc|Icelandic: engill m
ttbc|Indonesian: malaikat
ttbc|Interlingua: angelo
ttbc|Irish: aingeal
ttbc|Italian: angelo m
ttbc|Korean: �� [天使] (cheonsa)
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ttbc|Latin: angelus m
ttbc|Macedonian: ангел m
ttbc|Maltese: anġlu m
ttbc|Mandarin Chinese: 天使 (ti�n sh�)
ttbc|Northern Sami: ea�gal, e�gel
ttbc|Portuguese: anjo m
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: aingeal m
ttbc|Skolt Sami: a´�ǧǧel
ttbc|Spanish: ángel m
ttbc|Swedish: ängel c
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Derived terms
angel's dram
angelfish
angelic
archangel
guardian angel
fallen angel

See also
cherub
domination
malak
malakh
power
principality
seraph
throne

Category:Religion


Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/�a��l/

Noun
nl-noun|g=m|angels|angeltje

  1. sting, dart (insect's organ)
  2. hook, fish-hook, angle

Frisian

Noun
infl|fy|noun

  1. What a bee uses to sting when it feels threatened: a sting, a stinger.
  2. A fishing rod.

Old Frisian

Noun
angel

  1. #English|angel

Category:Old Frisian nouns

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