archangel

See also: Archangel

English

Etymology

From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). By surface analysis, arch- +‎ angel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).keɪn.d͡ʒəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

archangel (plural archangels)

1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
2. Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)

Derived terms

• archangelship

 

Related terms

• angel
• angelic
• angelical
• angelically
• angelologist
• angelology
• archangelic
• archangelical
• archangelically

 

Translations

angel who leads other angels

• Afrikaans: aartsengel (af)
• Aghwan: 𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕘𐕒𐔺𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼 (angelosuġoybån'i)
• Albanian: kryengjëll
• Armenian: հրեշտակապետ (hy) (hreštakapet)
• Asturian: arcánxel m
• Avestan: 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 (aməša spəṇta)
• Basque: arkanjelu, goiaingeru
• Belarusian: архангел m (arxanhjel)
• Bulgarian: архангел (bg) m (arhangel)
• Catalan: arcàngel m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大天使 (daai⁶ tin¹ sai²), 天使長／天使长 (tin¹ sai² zoeng²)

  Mandarin: 大天使 (dàtiānshǐ), 天使長／天使长 (tiānshǐcháng)

• Czech: archanděl m
• Danish: ærkeengel c, overengel c
• Dutch: aartsengel (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉefanĝelo, arkianĝelo, arĥianĝelo
• Estonian: peaingel
• Finnish: arkkienkeli (fi), ylienkeli
• French: archange (fr) m
• Galician: arcanxo (gl) m
• Georgian: მთავარანგელოზი (mtavarangelozi)
• German: Erzengel (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 m (arkaggilus)
• Greek: αρχάγγελος (el) m (archángelos)

  Ancient: ἀρχάγγελος m (arkhángelos)

• Hebrew: רַב־מַלְאָךְ m (rav-mal'ákh), שר־מַלְאָכִים m (sar-mal'akhím)
• Hungarian: arkangyal (hu)
• Icelandic: erkiengill m
• Ido: arkianjelo (io)
• Indonesian: malaikat agung
• Interlingua: archangelo
• Irish: ardaingeal m
• Italian: arcangelo (it) m
• Japanese: 大天使 (ja) (daitenshi), 天使長 (tenshichō)
• Kazakh: бас періште (bas perışte)
• Korean: 대천사 (ko) (daecheonsa)
• Latin: archangelus m
• Latvian: erceņģelis m, virseņģelis m
• Lithuanian: arkangelas (lt) m
• Macedonian: а́рхангел m (árhangel)
• Manx: ard-ainle m
• Norman: archange m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overengel m

  Nynorsk: overengel m

• Old Czech: archanjel m
• Old English: hēahenġel m
• Persian: فرشتگان مقرب (fereštegân-e moqarrab), امشاسپند (fa) (amšâspand)
• Polish: archanioł (pl) m
• Portuguese: arcanjo (pt) m
• Romanian: arhanghel (ro) m
• Russian: арха́нгел (ru) m (arxángel)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арханђел m, арханђео m

  Roman: arhanđel (sh) m, arhanđeo m

• Slovak: archanjel (sk) m
• Slovene: nadangel (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: arcyjandźel m

• Spanish: arcángel (es) m
• Swedish: ärkeängel (sv) c, överängel c
• Tagalog: arkanghel
• Thai: อัครทูตสวรรค์, หัวหน้าทูตสวรรค์
• Tok Pisin: akanggelo
• Turkish: baş melek
• Ukrainian: архангел (uk) m (arxanhel)
• Welsh: archangel m
• West Frisian: aartsingel
• Yiddish: אַרכאַנגל (arkhangl)

See also

• cherub
• cherubim
• choir
• domination
• power
• principality
• seraph
• seraphim
• throne

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh archangel, from Proto-Brythonic *arxangel, a borrowing from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos). Equivalent to arch- +‎ angel (“angel”). Cognate with Breton arc'hael.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /arˈχaŋɛl/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /arˈχaŋal/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /arˈχaŋɛl/

Noun

archangel m (plural archangylion)

1. (religion) archangel

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
archangel	unchanged	unchanged	harchangel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.