# Gabriel
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡeɪbɹi.əl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Gabriel
* A male given name from Hebrew.
** 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
    Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
** 1986, Paul Bailey, Gabriel's Lament, Viking, published 1987, →ISBN, page 20:"I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.
* An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 9:21::
    Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:26::
    And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
* A surname originating as a patronymic.

#### Derived terms

* San Gabriel
* Stoke Gabriel

#### Related terms

* pet form: Gabe
* female given names: Gabriela, Gabriella, Gabrielle

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ɡə.βɾiˈɛl]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ɡə.bɾiˈɛl]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ɡa.bɾiˈɛl]
* Rhymes: -ɛl

### Proper noun

Gabriel m
* Gabriel

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡabrɪjɛl]

### Proper noun

Gabriel m anim
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Gabriel m anim (female equivalent Gabrielová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Gabriel”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Gabriel
* Gabriel (Archangel)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Gabriel m
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
* daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɑ(ː)briel/, [ˈɡɑ̝(ː)brie̞l]
* Rhymes: -ɑbriel
* Hyphenation: Gab‧ri‧el

### Proper noun

Gabriel
* Gabriel (Archangel)
* a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Gabriel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gabrielini
Gabrielini
accusative
nom.
Gabrielini
Gabrielini
gen.
Gabrielini
genitive
Gabrielini
Gabrielieni
partitive
Gabrieliani
Gabrielejani
inessive
Gabrielissani
Gabrieleissani
elative
Gabrielistani
Gabrieleistani
illative
Gabrieliini
Gabrieleihini
adessive
Gabrielillani
Gabrieleillani
ablative
Gabrieliltani
Gabrieleiltani
allative
Gabrielilleni
Gabrieleilleni
essive
Gabrielinani
Gabrieleinani
translative
Gabrielikseni
Gabrieleikseni
abessive
Gabrielittani
Gabrieleittani
instructive
comitative
—Gabrieleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gabrielisi
Gabrielisi
accusative
nom.
Gabrielisi
Gabrielisi
gen.
Gabrielisi
genitive
Gabrielisi
Gabrieliesi
partitive
Gabrieliasi
Gabrielejasi
inessive
Gabrielissasi
Gabrieleissasi
elative
Gabrielistasi
Gabrieleistasi
illative
Gabrieliisi
Gabrieleihisi
adessive
Gabrielillasi
Gabrieleillasi
ablative
Gabrieliltasi
Gabrieleiltasi
allative
Gabrielillesi
Gabrieleillesi
essive
Gabrielinasi
Gabrieleinasi
translative
Gabrieliksesi
Gabrieleiksesi
abessive
Gabrielittasi
Gabrieleittasi
instructive
comitative
—Gabrieleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gabrielimme
Gabrielimme
accusative
nom.
Gabrielimme
Gabrielimme
gen.
Gabrielimme
genitive
Gabrielimme
Gabrieliemme
partitive
Gabrieliamme
Gabrielejamme
inessive
Gabrielissamme
Gabrieleissamme
elative
Gabrielistamme
Gabrieleistamme
illative
Gabrieliimme
Gabrieleihimme
adessive
Gabrielillamme
Gabrieleillamme
ablative
Gabrieliltamme
Gabrieleiltamme
allative
Gabrielillemme
Gabrieleillemme
essive
Gabrielinamme
Gabrieleinamme
translative
Gabrieliksemme
Gabrieleiksemme
abessive
Gabrielittamme
Gabrieleittamme
instructive
comitative
—Gabrieleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gabrielinne
Gabrielinne
accusative
nom.
Gabrielinne
Gabrielinne
gen.
Gabrielinne
genitive
Gabrielinne
Gabrielienne
partitive
Gabrielianne
Gabrielejanne
inessive
Gabrielissanne
Gabrieleissanne
elative
Gabrielistanne
Gabrieleistanne
illative
Gabrieliinne
Gabrieleihinne
adessive
Gabrielillanne
Gabrieleillanne
ablative
Gabrieliltanne
Gabrieleiltanne
allative
Gabrielillenne
Gabrieleillenne
essive
Gabrielinanne
Gabrieleinanne
translative
Gabrieliksenne
Gabrieleiksenne
abessive
Gabrielittanne
Gabrieleittanne
instructive
comitative
—Gabrieleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gabrielinsa
Gabrielinsa
accusative
nom.
Gabrielinsa
Gabrielinsa
gen.
Gabrielinsa
genitive
Gabrielinsa
Gabrieliensa
partitive
Gabrieliaan Gabrieliansa
Gabrielejaan Gabrielejansa
inessive
Gabrielissaan Gabrielissansa
Gabrieleissaan Gabrieleissansa
elative
Gabrielistaan Gabrielistansa
Gabrieleistaan Gabrieleistansa
illative
Gabrieliinsa
Gabrieleihinsa
adessive
Gabrielillaan Gabrielillansa
Gabrieleillaan Gabrieleillansa
ablative
Gabrieliltaan Gabrieliltansa
Gabrieleiltaan Gabrieleiltansa
allative
Gabrielilleen Gabrielillensa
Gabrieleilleen Gabrieleillensa
essive
Gabrielinaan Gabrielinansa
Gabrieleinaan Gabrieleinansa
translative
Gabrielikseen Gabrieliksensa
Gabrieleikseen Gabrieleiksensa
abessive
Gabrielittaan Gabrielittansa
Gabrieleittaan Gabrieleittansa
instructive
comitative
—Gabrieleineen Gabrieleinensa :

#### Related terms

* male given names: Kaapo, Kaapro

#### Statistics

* Gabriel is the 368th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 858 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,200 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs to 5 female individuals (and as a middle name to 13 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.bʁi.jɛl/

### Proper noun

Gabriel m
* Gabriel (Archangel)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

#### Related terms

* female given name: Gabrielle

#### Descendants

* → Alemannic German: Gaabi

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡaːbʀiˌeːl]
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el

### Proper noun

Gabriel
* (biblical) Gabriel (Archangel)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

#### Related terms

* feminine form: Gabriele

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡäbrieːɫ̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡäːbriel]

### Proper noun

Gabriēl m sg (genitive Gabriēl or Gabriēlis); indeclinable, variously declined, third declension
* Gabriel

#### Declension

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: Gabriel
* → Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
* → Czech: Gabriel
* → Danish: Gabriel
* → Dutch: Gabriël
** Afrikaans: Gabriël
* → English: Gabriel
** → Hawaiian: Kapeliela
** → Maori: Kaperiere
* → Faroese: Gabriel, Gabrial, Brialdur
* → Finnish: Gabriel, Kaaperi, Kaapre, Kaaprel, Kaaprelli, Kaapo
* → French: Gabriel
** → Alemannic German: Gaabi
* → Galician: Gabriel
* → Georgian: გაბრიელი (gabrieli)
* → German: Gabriel
* → Greenlandic: Kaapriale, Kapriali, Kaparialli
* → Gujarati: ગેબ્રિયલ (gebriyal)
* → Hindi: गेब्रियल (gebriyal)
* → Hungarian: Gabór, Gábriel
* → Icelandic: Gabríel
* → Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél
* → Italian: Gabriele
* → Japanese: ガブリエル (Gaburieru)
* → Kannada: ಗೇಬ್ರಿಯಲ್ (gēbriyal)
* → Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabeuriel)
* → Latvian: Gabriels
* → Lithuanian: Gabrielius
* → Maltese: Gabrijel
* → Norman: Gabriel
* → Norwegian: Gabriel
* → Persian: گابریل (gâbriel)
* → Polish: Gabriel
* → Portuguese: Gabriel, Biel
* → Romanian: Gabriel
* → Serbo-Croatian: Gabrijel
* → Slovak: Gabriel
* → Slovene: Gabrijel
* → Spanish: Gabriel
** → Kapampangan: Gabriel
** → Tagalog: Gabriel
* → Swedish: Gabriel, Gabrel
* → Welsh: Gabriel

### References

* Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Norman
### Proper noun

Gabriel m
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Gabriel
* Gabriel (Archangel).
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.brjɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -abrjɛl
* Syllabification: Ga‧briel

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Gabriēl.

#### Proper noun

Gabriel m pers (female equivalent Gabriela, diminutive Gabryś)
* a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
* (biblical) Gabriel (archangel)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Proper noun

Gabriel f
* genitive plural of Gabriela

### Further reading

* Gabriel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Gabrïél.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡa.bɾiˈɛw/ [ɡa.bɾɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ɡaˈbɾjɛw/ [ɡaˈbɾjɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐ.bɾiˈɛl/ [ɡɐ.βɾiˈɛɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐˈbɾjɛl/ [ɡɐˈβɾjɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐ.bɾiˈɛl/ [ɡɐ.βɾiˈɛɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐˈbɾjɛl/ [ɡɐˈβɾjɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐ.bɾiˈɛ.li/ [ɡɐ.βɾiˈɛ.li], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐˈbɾjɛ.li/ [ɡɐˈβɾjɛ.li]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
* Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el

### Proper noun

Gabriel m (plural Gabriéis)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
* (Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡabri̯el]

### Proper noun

Gabriel m pers (genitive singular Gabriela, nominative plural Gabrielovia, declension pattern of chlap)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

#### Derived terms

* Gabino
* Gabo
* Gábor
* Gabrielko
* Gábriš

### Further reading

* “Gabriel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaˈbɾjel/ [ɡaˈβ̞ɾjel]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: Ga‧briel

### Proper noun

Gabriel m
* Gabriel (Archangel)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

#### Related terms

* nickname: Gabo, Gabi
* female given name: Gabriela

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑːbrɪɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛl

### Proper noun

Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels)
* Gabriel (Archangel).
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

#### Derived terms

* Gabi (diminutive)
* Gabo (diminutive)

#### Related terms

* female given name: Gabriella

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Gabriel.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡabɾiˈel/ [ɡɐbˈɾjɛl]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: Gab‧ri‧el

### Proper noun

Gabriél (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔)
* (biblical) Gabriel
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
* a surname from Spanish

#### Related terms

* Gabriela
* Gabrielle

#### Statistics

* According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals.

### Anagrams

* Brigela