Gabriel
English
Etymology
From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
- Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
- 1986, Paul Bailey, Gabriel's Lament, Viking (1987), →ISBN, page 20:
- "I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
- An archangel associated, in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
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- Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
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- And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
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- A patronymic surname transferred from the given name
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Catalan
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛl
Proper noun
Gabriel m
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Danish
Proper noun
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Faroese
Proper noun
Gabriel m
- a male given name.
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
- daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Gabriel |
Accusative | Gabriel |
Dative | Gabrieli |
Genitive | Gabriels |
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Declension
Inflection of Gabriel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielit | |
genitive | Gabrielin | Gabrielien | |
partitive | Gabrielia | Gabrieleja | |
illative | Gabrieliin | Gabrieleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielit | |
accusative | nom. | Gabriel | Gabrielit |
gen. | Gabrielin | ||
genitive | Gabrielin | Gabrielien | |
partitive | Gabrielia | Gabrieleja | |
inessive | Gabrielissa | Gabrieleissa | |
elative | Gabrielista | Gabrieleista | |
illative | Gabrieliin | Gabrieleihin | |
adessive | Gabrielilla | Gabrieleilla | |
ablative | Gabrielilta | Gabrieleilta | |
allative | Gabrielille | Gabrieleille | |
essive | Gabrielina | Gabrieleina | |
translative | Gabrieliksi | Gabrieleiksi | |
abessive | Gabrielitta | Gabrieleitta | |
instructive | — | Gabrielein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel ?
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Related terms
- female given name: Gabrielle
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: Gaabi
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Related terms
- feminine form: Gabriele
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡäbrieːɫ̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡäːbriel]
Proper noun
Gabriēl m (indeclinable)
Descendants
- → Albanian: Gabriel
- → Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
- → Czech: Gabriel
- → Danish: Gabriel
- → Dutch: Gabriël
- Afrikaans: Gabriël
- → English: Gabriel
- → Faroese: Gabriel, Gabrial, Brialdur
- → Finnish: Gabriel, Kaaperi, Kaapre, Kaaprel, Kaaprelli, Kaapo
- → French: Gabriel
- → Alemannic German: Gaabi
- → Galician: Gabriel
- → Georgian: გაბრიელი (gabrieli)
- → German: Gabriel
- → Greenlandic: Kaapriale, Kapriali, Kaparialli
- → Gujarati: ગેબ્રિયલ (gebriyal)
- → Hindi: गेब्रियल (gebriyal)
- → Hungarian: Gabór, Gábriel
- → Icelandic: Gabríel
- → Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél
- → Italian: Gabriele
- → Japanese: ガブリエル (Gaburieru)
- → Kannada: ಗೇಬ್ರಿಯಲ್ (gēbriyal)
- → Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabeuriel)
- → Latvian: Gabriels
- → Lithuanian: Gabrielius
- → Maltese: Gabrijel
- → Norman: Gabriel
- → Norwegian: Gabriel
- → Persian: گابریل (Gâbriel)
- → Polish: Gabriel
- → Portuguese: Gabriel, Biel
- → Romanian: Gabriel
- → Serbo-Croatian: Gabrijel
- → Slovak: Gabriel
- → Slovene: Gabrijel
- → Spanish: Gabriel
- → Swedish: Gabriel, Gabrel
- → Welsh: Gabriel
References
- Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norman
Proper noun
Gabriel m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Norwegian
Proper noun
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Polish
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Gabriel m pers (diminutive Gabryś)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
- Gabriel (archangel)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Gabriel | Gabriele |
genitive | Gabriela | Gabrieli |
dative | Gabrielowi | Gabrielom |
accusative | Gabriela | Gabrieli |
instrumental | Gabrielem | Gabrielami |
locative | Gabrielu | Gabrielach |
vocative | Gabrielu | Gabriele |
Proper noun
Gabriel f pl
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Gabriel m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- (Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielovia |
genitive | Gabriela | Gabrielov |
dative | Gabrielovi | Gabrielom |
accusative | Gabriela | Gabrielov |
locative | Gabrielovi | Gabrieloch |
instrumental | Gabrielom | Gabrielmi |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Gabriel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel (m)
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Related terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels)
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel.
Related terms
- female given name: Gabriella
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish.
Proper noun
Gabriel
- (biblical) Gabriel
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- a surname from Spanish
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals.
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