Angel

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Frisian 3.1 Noun 4 German 4.1 Noun

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English engel, or Old French angele, both from Late Latin angelus, from Late Greek αγγελος (angelos), from Ancient Greek, messenger.

Pronunciation

• ānʹjəl, /ˈeɪndʒəl/

  Rhymes: -eɪndʒəl

Noun

angel, plural angels

1. A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
2. (Biblical tradition) In Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels, below virtues.

Related terms

• angelic
• archangel
• guardian angel

Translations

• Chinese: 天使
• Dutch: engel m
• Estonian: ingel
• Finnish: enkeli
• French: ange m
• Frisian: ingel
• German: Engel m
• Greek: (angelos anc., sometimes mod.), άγγελος m(angelos, mod.)
• Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ m (mal'akh), כְּרוּב m (khrub)
• Indonesian: malaikat
• Interlingua: angelo
• Italian: angelo
• Japanese: 天使 (てんし, tenshi)
• Korean: 천사 [天使] (cheonsa)
• Latin: angelus m
• Polish: anioł m
• Portuguese: anjo m
• Russian: ангел
• Spanish: ángel m
• Swedish: ängel c

See also

• cherub
• domination
• power
• principality
• seraph
• throne

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• /ˈaŋəl/

Noun

angel m

1. What a bee uses to sting when it feels threatened: a sting
2. A (fishing) hook

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Frisian

Noun

angel

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

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German

Noun

Angel f

1. A fishing rod