エンジェル
Japanese
Alternative forms
- (rare) エンゼル (enzeru)
Etymology
Borrowed from English angel.[1][2][3][4]
First cited to 1891.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) エンジェル [éꜜǹjèrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][4]
- IPA(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
エンジェル • (enjeru)
- [from 1891] (uncommon) angel
- エンジェルのよう
- enjeru no yō
- angelic, like an angel
- エンジェルのよう
Synonyms
- 天使 (tenshi)
References
- “エンジェル”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- “エンジェル”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN