Emmanuel
English
Etymology
Variant of Immanuel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈmænjuəl/, /ɪˈmænjəl/, (rare) /ɪˈmænwəl/
- Homophone: Immanuel
Proper noun
Emmanuel (plural Emmanuels)
- Immanuel (Biblical figure whose birth is foretold).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 1:23:
- Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- (Christianity) Immanuel (this figure, regarded by Christians as the Christ).
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- A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:,Scene IV:
- Cade. What is thy name? / Clerk. Emmanuel. / Dick. They use to write it on the top of letters. 'Twill go hard with you.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
- Some call their sons Emmanuel : this is too bold. The name is proper to Christ, therefore not to be communicated to any creature.
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- A surname.
- (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Emmanuel College, Cambridge..
Translations
figure whose birth is foretold — see Immanuel
this figure, regarded as Christ — see Immanuel
male given name
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.ma.nɥɛl/, /e.ma.nɥɛl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɥɛl
Proper noun
Emmanuel m
- (biblical) Immanuel
- a male given name from Hebrew
Related terms
- Manuel
- (female name): Emmanuelle