Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Hyponyms
    • 1.3.2 Derived terms
    • 1.3.3 Related terms
    • 1.3.4 Translations
  • 1.4 Verb
    • 1.4.1 Descendants
  • 1.5 Anagrams
• 2 Dutch
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun
• 3 German
  • 3.1 Verb
• 4 Old Frisian
  • 4.1 Noun
• 5 Slovene
  • 5.1 Noun
    • 5.1.1 Declension
• 6 West Frisian
  • 6.1 Noun

English

Etymology

From Middle English aungel, from Old English engel, influenced by Old French angel, both from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (angelos), “‘messenger’”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ānʹjəl, IPA: /ˈeɪn.dʒəl/
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• Audio (US)^{help, file}

  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.
3. A selfless person.

   You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel.

4. (military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.

   Climb to angels sixty.

5. An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.

Hyponyms

• cherub
• minion
• power
• principality
• seraph
• throne

Derived terms

• angel's dram
• angelfish
• angelic
• angelology
• archangel
• guardian angel
• fallen angel

Related terms

• evangelist
• evangelize

Verb

to angel (third-person singular simple present angels, present participle angeling, simple past and past participle angeled)

1. (transitive, slang) To support by donating money.
   • 1984, “American Magazine”, vol. 118, page 88: 

     You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.

Descendants

• Hawaiian: ʻānela

Anagrams

• angle, Angle
• Elgan
• Galen
• glean

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈaŋəl/

Noun

angel m. (plural angels, diminutive angeltje, diminutive plural angeltjes)

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

German

Verb

angel

1. First-person singular present of angeln.
2. Imperative singular of angeln.

Old Frisian

Noun

angel

1. angel

Slovene

Noun

angel m. (dual angela, plural angeli) animate

1. angel

Declension

West Frisian

Noun

angel

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

See Also:

• Angel
• Fallen Angel

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