angel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
entertainment
finance
government
lifestyle
military
politics
theater
war
Etymology: Two Baroque angels from southern Germany, from the mid-18th century
From Middle English aungel, angel, from Old English anġel, either a modification of enġel after its etymon Latin angelus (through the intermediate of Proto-West Germanic *angil) or a reborrowing from the Latin, which is in turn from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman angele, angel, from the same Latin source. The religious sense of the Greek word first appeared in the Septuagint as a translation of the Hebrew word מַלְאָךְ (malʾāḵ, “messenger”) or מַלְאָךְ יהוה (malʾāḵ YHWH, “messenger of YHWH”). Doublet of Angelus.
Use of the term in some churches to refer to a church official derives from interpreting the "angels" of the Seven churches of Asia in Revelation as being bishops or ministers rather than angelic beings.
Inflected forms:
form: angels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Angel
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: angell
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: angels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: angeling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: angelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: angeled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: angeled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: angelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: angelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
form: Angel
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: angell
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
pos: noun
examples: The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
There seemed to be girls sitting on top of them, or maybe they were meant to be angels. Angels are usually represented as wearing more than that, though.
gloss: An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
pos: noun
gloss: A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and family revealing both problems and promise in his young life.
gloss: A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel.
gloss: A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Diſpaire thy Charme, / And let the Angell whom thou ſtill haſt ſeru’d / Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Vntimely ript.
gloss: An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
possibly
examples: An apostle, or angel, or bishop, as he is now called, resided with a college of presbyters about him, in every considerable city of the Roman empire; to that angel or bishop, was committed the pastoral care of all the Christian in the city and its suburbs, extending as far on all sides as the jurisdiction of the civil magistrate extended;
[…] the head of that Church, in whose place I stand in my Church, and in whose place no other standeth (the elders and deacons have their place, but this belongeth to the angel or minister of the Church), and the Lord commendeth him for trying […]
The second or highest grade consists of the Angels or Bishops of Churches. Each Church has its Angel, who has (1) the higher supervision and care of all the flock, (2) the supervision and care of the Priests under him, and (3) the care of the Church itself.
gloss: An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Climb to angels sixty.
And even now part of me flies over Dresden at angels one five; / Though they’ll never fathom it, behind my sarcasm desperate memories lie.
gloss: An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
dated
gloss: someone that funds
pos: noun
examples: “Latent” angels are defined as those who have not invested capital in the past 12 months, although they likely have invested knowledge in the process of reviewing potential investments.
gloss: someone that funds
pos: noun
gloss: To support by donating money.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: Six years ago, he lost $20,000 in the first show he angelled, a turkey called Dance Night.
You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.
Related words: Angel
Angelo
Angelus
evangel
Derived words: an angel passes
angelage
angel aura
angel baby
angel bed
angel biscuit
angel bites
angel cake
Angel City
angel date
angel day
angeldom
angel-drawers
angel dust
angel dusting
angel eye
angel fangs
angel fingers
angelfish
angel fish
angel food
angel food cake
angel-food cake
angel gear
angel hair
angel hat
angelhood
angelic
angelical
angelicity
angeliferous
angelify
angel insect
angel investment
angelise
angelism
angelist
angelistic
angelization
angelize
angelkind
angelless
angellike
angel-lore
angel lust
angel lute
angelly
angel maker
angel mom
angel number
angelocracy
angel of death
angel of mercy
angelography
angelolatry
angelology
angelomachy
angelomorphic
angelophany
angel particle
angel pie
angel salad
angel's dram
angel shark
angelship
angel shot
angel sleeve
angels moving the furniture
angel's tears
angel tern
angel water
angel wing
angel wings
angely
archangel
better angels
blue angel
business angel
death angel
destroying angel
don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
Dutch angel dragon
European destroying angel
fallen angel
flare angel
guardian angel
gyrating angel
half-angel
high angel
ministering angel
nonangel
patience of an angel
recording angel
sea angel
shoulder angel
snow angel
spring destroying angel
strangling angel
strangling angel of children
sunangel
sun-angel
swamp angel
sweat angel
trail angel
wall angel
weeping angel
Translations:
lang: Abaza
word: мальаикь
roman: malᶻaikʲ
lang: Abkhaz
word: амаалықь
roman: amaaləkʲ
lang: Afrikaans
word: engel
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕚
roman: angelos
lang: Akan
word: ɔbɔfoɔ
lang: Albanian
word: engjëll
lang: Amharic
word: መልአክ
roman: mälʾäk
lang: Ao
word: tenyar (Chungli)
lang: Arabic
word: مَلَاك
roman: malāk
lang: Arabic
word: مَلْأَك
roman: malʔak
lang: Arabic
word: مَلَك
roman: malak
lang: Arabic
word: مَلَاك
roman: malāk
lang: Arabic
word: مَلَاك
roman: malāk
lang: Arabic
word: مَلَاك
roman: malāk
lang: Aramaic
word: ܡܠܐܟܐ
roman: malʾăḵā
lang: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
word: מַלְאֲכָא
roman: malʾăḵā
lang: Armenian
word: հրեշտակ
roman: hreštak
lang: Aromanian
word: anghil
lang: Asturian
word: ánxel
lang: Avar
word: малаик
roman: malaik
lang: Azerbaijani
word: mələk
lang: Azerbaijani
word: firiştə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: fəriştə
lang: South Azerbaijani
word: ملک
roman: melek
lang: South Azerbaijani
word: فرشته
roman: ferishte
lang: Bashkir
word: фәрештә
roman: fəreştə
lang: Bats
word: აჼგლოზ
roman: ãgloz
lang: Belarusian
word: анёл
roman: anjól
lang: Belarusian
word: а́нгел
roman: ánhjel
lang: Bengali
word: ফেরেশতা
roman: phereśota
lang: Bengali
word: দেবদূত
roman: debdut
lang: Breton
word: ael
lang: Bulgarian
word: а́нгел
roman: ángel
lang: Burmese
word: ကောင်းကင်တမန်
roman: kaung:kangta.man
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: а́нгел
roman: ánhel
lang: Catalan
word: àngel
lang: Chechen
word: малик
roman: malik
lang: Chechen
word: ангела
roman: angela
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏂᏓᏪᎯ
roman: anidawehi
lang: Chichewa
word: mngelo
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 天使
roman: tin¹ si³
lang: Chinese
word: тянщян
roman: ti͡anxi͡an
lang: Chinese
word: 天使
roman: thiⁿ-sài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 天使
roman: tiānshǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 安琪兒 /安琪儿
roman: ānqí'ér
lang: Chuvash
word: пирӗшти
roman: pirĕšti
lang: East Circassian
word: мэлэӏыч
roman: mɛlɛʼəč
lang: West Circassian
word: мэлэӏич
roman: mɛlɛʼič
lang: Cornish
word: el
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: ferişte
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: melek
lang: Czech
word: anděl
lang: Danish
word: engel
lang: Dargwa
word: малайк
roman: malajk
lang: Dargwa
word: муъмин
roman: muʾmin
lang: Dolgan
word: энгил
roman: ängil
lang: Dutch
word: engel
lang: Erzya
word: армо
roman: armo
lang: Esperanto
word: anĝelo
lang: Estonian
word: ingel
lang: Farefare
word: malɛka
lang: Faroese
word: eingil
lang: Finnish
word: enkeli
lang: French
word: ange
lang: Old French
word: angle
lang: Old French
word: angele
lang: West-Frisian
word: ingel
lang: Friulian
word: agnul
lang: Gagauz
word: melek
lang: Gagauz
word: ayoz
lang: Gagauz
word: angil
lang: Galician
word: anxo
lang: Ge'ez
word: መልአክ
roman: mälʾäk
lang: Georgian
word: ანგელოზი
roman: angelozi
lang: German
word: Engel
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃
roman: aggilus
lang: Greek
word: άγγελος
roman: ángelos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἄγγελος
roman: ángelos
lang: Haitian Creole
word: zanj
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻānela
lang: Hebrew
word: מַלְאָךְ
roman: mal'ákh
lang: Hindi
word: फ़रिश्ता
roman: fariśtā
lang: Hindi
word: फरिश्ता
roman: phariśtā
lang: Hindi
word: देवता
roman: devtā
lang: Hindi
word: देवदूत
roman: devdūt
lang: Hindi
word: मलक
roman: malak
lang: Hungarian
word: angyal
lang: Icelandic
word: engill
lang: Indonesian
word: malaikat
lang: Indonesian
word: bidadari
lang: Ingrian
word: ängeli
lang: Ingush
word: малайк
roman: malajk
lang: Irish
word: aingeal
lang: Italian
word: angelo
lang: Jamaican Creole
word: aynjel
lang: Jamaican Creole
word: ienjel
lang: Japanese
word: 天使
roman: tenshi
lang: Japanese
word: 天の使い
roman: ten no tsukai
lang: Kaingang
word: jẽnẽ jamã
lang: Kalmyk
word: сәкүсн
roman: säküsn
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: мёлек
roman: mölek
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: салымчы
roman: salımçı
lang: Karaim
word: melek
lang: Karaim
word: filäştä
lang: Karakalpak
word: perishte
lang: Kashubian
word: janiół
lang: Kazakh
word: періште
roman: perışte
lang: Khmer
word: ទេពតា
roman: teepdaa
lang: Khmer
word: ទេព
roman: teep
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: идӧг
roman: idög
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: идӧг
roman: idög
lang: Korean
word: 천사
roman: cheonsa
lang: Krymchak
word: melek
lang: Kumyk
word: малайик
roman: malayik
lang: Central Kurdish
word: فریشتە
roman: firîşte
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: milyaket
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: melek
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: firîşte
lang: Kyrgyz
word: периште
roman: perişte
lang: Ladino
word: מלאך
lang: Ladino
word: malah
lang: Ladino
word: andjel
lang: Lak
word: малаик
roman: malaik
lang: Lao
word: ເທວະ
roman: th
lang: Lao
word: ເທບ
roman: thēp
lang: Lao
word: ເທວະດາ
roman: th dā
lang: Latin
word: angelus
lang: Latvian
word: eņģelis
lang: Lezgi
word: малаик
roman: malaik
lang: Lithuanian
word: angelas
lang: Middle Low German
word: Engel
lang: Low German
word: Engel
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Engel
lang: Macedonian
word: ангел
roman: angel
lang: Malay
word: malaikat
lang: Malay
word: malak
lang: Malay
word: bidadara
lang: Malay
word: bidadari
lang: Malayalam
word: മാലാഖ
roman: mālākha
lang: Maltese
word: anġlu
lang: Michif
word: naazh
lang: Mingrelian
word: ანგელოზი
roman: angelozi
lang: Moksha
word: анголь
roman: angoľ
lang: Mongolian
word: сахиулсан тэнгэр
roman: saxiulsan tenger
lang: Moore
word: malɛka
lang: Navajo
word: diyin naalʼaʼí
lang: Navajo
word: God bidiyin naalʼaʼí
lang: Nepali
word: देवदुत
roman: devadut
lang: Nogai
word: периште
roman: perişte
lang: Nogai
word: маьлек
roman: mälek
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: engel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: engel
lang: Occitan
word: àngel
lang: Church Slavic
word: анг҄елъ
roman: angʹjelŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: анъгелъ
roman: anŭgelŭ
lang: Old English
word: engel
lang: Old English
word: ār
lang: Old Norse
word: engill
lang: Old Saxon
word: engil
lang: Old Turkic
word: yumuşçu
lang: Oromo
word: maleeka
lang: Ossetian
word: зӕд
roman: zæd
lang: Ossetian
word: дзуар
roman: ʒwar
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: ангел
roman: anhel
lang: Pashto
word: پرښته
roman: pareẍta
lang: Pashto
word: ملک
roman: malak
lang: Pashto
word: فرشته
roman: fareštá
lang: Persian
word: فَرِشْتَه
roman: farišta
lang: Persian
word: مَلَک
roman: malak
lang: Dari
word: فَرِشْتَه
roman: farišta
lang: Dari
word: مَلَک
roman: malak
lang: Iranian Persian
word: فِرِشْتِه
roman: ferešte
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَلَک
roman: malak
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Enjel
lang: Polish
word: anioł
lang: Portuguese
word: anjo
lang: Punjabi
word: ਫ਼ਰਿਸ਼ਤਾ
roman: fariśtā
lang: Punjabi
word: فَرِشْتَہ
roman: fariśtah
lang: Quechua
word: anqil
lang: Romanian
word: înger
lang: Romansh
word: anghel
lang: Romansh
word: aunghel
lang: Romansh
word: aungel
lang: Romansh
word: anguel
lang: Romansh
word: ànghel
lang: Russian
word: а́нгел
roman: ángel
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: aʹŋǧǧel
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: ànghelu
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: angìulu
lang: Sardinian
word: ànzelu
lang: Sardinian
word: ànghelu
lang: Sassarese
word: àngniru
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: aingeal
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: анђео
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: anđeo
lang: Siberian Tatar
word: пәрештә
lang: Siberian Tatar
word: бириштә
lang: Sicilian
word: àncilu
lang: Sicilian
word: ànciulu
lang: Sindhi
word: ملائڪ
roman: mlāk
lang: Sinhalese
word: දේවදූතයා
roman: dēwadūtayā
lang: Slovak
word: anjel
lang: Slovene
word: angel
lang: Somali
word: malak
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: jandźel
lang: Sotho
word: lengeloi
lang: Spanish
word: ángel
lang: Svan
word: ა̈ნგუ̂ლეზ
roman: ängûlez
lang: Swahili
word: malaika
lang: Swedish
word: ängel
lang: Tabasaran
word: малайик
roman: malajik
lang: Tagalog
word: anghel
lang: Tajik
word: фаришта
roman: farišta
lang: Tajik
word: малак
roman: malak
lang: Tamil
word: தேவதூதர்
roman: tēvatūtar
lang: Tamil
word: மாலாகர்
roman: mālākar
lang: Tat
word: малах
lang: Tatar
word: фәрештә
roman: färeştä
lang: Telugu
word: దేవదూత
roman: dēvadūta
lang: Thai
word: เทวดา
roman: tee-wá-daa
lang: Thai
word: ทูตสวรรค์
roman: tûut-sà-wǎn
lang: Tigrinya
word: መልኣኽ
roman: mälʾax
lang: Tongan
word: 'angelo
lang: Turkish
word: melek
lang: Turkish
word: ferişte
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ملك
roman: melek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: فرشته
roman: firişte
lang: Turkmen
word: melek
lang: Turkmen
word: perişde
lang: Ukrainian
word: а́нгел
roman: ánhel
lang: Ukrainian
word: я́нгол
roman: jánhol
lang: Urdu
word: فَرِشْتَہ
roman: fariśta
lang: Urdu
word: مَلَک
roman: malak
lang: Uyghur
word: پەرىشتە
roman: perishte
lang: Uyghur
word: مەلائىك
roman: mela'ik
lang: Uzbek
word: farishta
lang: Uzbek
word: malak
lang: Venetan
word: ànxelo
lang: Vietnamese
word: thiên thần
lang: Vietnamese
word: thiên sứ
lang: Vilamovian
word: engl
lang: Volapük
word: silanan
lang: Walloon
word: andje
lang: Welsh
word: angel
lang: Welsh
word: angyles
lang: Wolaytta
word: kiitanchchaa
lang: Yakut
word: аанньал
roman: aanňal
lang: Yao (Africa)
word: lilayika class 5
lang: Yiddish
word: מלאך
roman: malekh
lang: Yup'ik
word: an'gilaq
lang: Yup'ik
word: aankilaq
lang: Zulu
word: ingelosi
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕚
roman: angelos
lang: Aramaic
word: ܡܠܐܟܐ
roman: malʾăḵā
lang: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
word: מַלְאֲכָא
roman: malʾăḵā
lang: Armenian
word: հրեշտակ
roman: hreštak
lang: Maore Comorian
word: malaika
lang: Danish
word: engel
lang: Dutch
word: engel
lang: Estonian
word: ingel
lang: Farefare
word: malɛka
lang: Faroese
word: eingil
lang: Finnish
word: enkeli
lang: French
word: ange
lang: West-Frisian
word: ingel
lang: German
word: Engel
lang: Greek
word: άγγελος
roman: ángelos
lang: Icelandic
word: engill
lang: Irish
word: aingeal
lang: Japanese
word: 天使
roman: tenshi
lang: Kalmyk
word: сәкүсн
roman: säküsn
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Engel
lang: Macedonian
word: ангел
roman: angel
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: engel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: engel
lang: Old English
word: engel
lang: Old Norse
word: engill
lang: Polish
word: anioł
lang: Portuguese
word: anjo
lang: Russian
word: а́нгел
roman: ángel
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: aingeal
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: а̑нђео
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ȃnđeo
lang: Slovak
word: anjel
lang: Spanish
word: ángel
lang: Sudovian
word: engelas
lang: Swahili
word: malaika
lang: Swedish
word: ängel
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ملك
roman: melek
lang: Ukrainian
word: я́нгол
roman: jánhol
lang: Armenian
word: հրեշտակ
roman: hreštak
lang: Danish
word: engel
lang: Dutch
word: engel
lang: Estonian
word: ingel
lang: Finnish
word: enkeli
lang: French
word: ange
lang: West-Frisian
word: ingel
lang: German
word: Engel
lang: Greek
word: άγγελος
roman: ángelos
lang: Hindi
word: फ़रिश्ता
roman: fariśtā
lang: Hindi
word: फरिश्ता
roman: phariśtā
lang: Hungarian
word: angyal
lang: Hungarian
word: tündér
lang: Icelandic
word: engill
lang: Irish
word: aingeal
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Engel
lang: Macedonian
word: ангел
roman: angel
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: engel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: engel
lang: Dari
word: فَرِشْتَه
roman: farišta
lang: Iranian Persian
word: فِرِشْتِه
roman: ferešte
lang: Polish
word: anioł
lang: Portuguese
word: anjo
lang: Russian
word: а́нгел
roman: ángel
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: aingeal
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: а̑нђео
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ȃnđeo
lang: Slovak
word: anjel
lang: Spanish
word: ángel
lang: Swedish
word: ängel
lang: Turkish
word: melek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ملك
roman: melek
lang: Ukrainian
word: я́нгол
roman: jánhol