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”). Surface analysis arch- +‎ angel.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

archangel (plural archangels)

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).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)

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 (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 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)
Interlingua: archangelo
Irish: ardaingeal m
Italian: arcangelo (it) m
Japanese: 大天使 (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 English: hēahenġel m
Persian: فرشتگان مقرب‎ (fereštegân-e moqarrab), امشاسپند‎ (fa) (amšāspand)
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
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), дудник m (dudnyk)
Welsh: archangel m
West Frisian: aartsingel
Yiddish: אַרכאַנגל‎ (arkhangl)

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)

(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.