Michelangelo

English

Portrait by Daniele da Volterra, c. 1545

Etymology

From Italian Michelangelo, from Michele (“Michael”) +‎ Angelo (“Angel”), referring to Michael the Archangel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmaɪkəlˈænd͡ʒɪloʊ/, /ˌmaɪkəlˈænd͡ʒəloʊ/, enPR: mī'kl-ănʹjə-lō

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Proper noun

Michelangelo (plural Michelangelos)

1. A 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).
   • 1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 10:

     In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo.

   • 1926 October 11, C. F. B., “Old and New Pictures in Venice”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic edition, volume XVIII, number 268, Boston, Mass.: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:

     There are no evidences in these days of Michelangelos and Titians, who at the age of eighty or ninety could turn out stronger work than our people of thirty and forty today!

   • 1990, Lou Reed, John Cale, “Smalltown”, in Songs for Drella:

     Where did Picasso come from? / There's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh

Derived terms

• Michelangelesque

Translations

Italian artist

• Bulgarian: Микела́нджело m (Mikelándželo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 米高安哲羅 / 米高安哲罗 (mai⁵ gou¹ on¹ zit³ lo⁴)

  Mandarin: 米開朗基羅 / 米开朗基罗 (zh) (Mǐkāilǎngjīluó), 米開朗琪羅 / 米开朗琪罗 (Mǐkāilǎngqíluó)

• Esperanto: Mikelanĝelo
• French: Michel-Ange (fr) m
• Greek: Μιχαήλ Άγγελος (el) m (Michaḯl Ángelos)
• Hungarian: Michelangelo (hu)
• Italian: Michelangelo (it) m
• Japanese: ミケランジェロ (Mikeranjero)
• Korean: 미켈란젤로 (Mikellanjello)
• Latin: Michaēl Angelus
• Macedonian: Микела́нџело m (Mikelándželo)
• Polish: Michał Anioł m
• Romanian: Michelangelo m
• Russian: Микела́нджело (ru) m (Mikelándželo)
• Sicilian: Michilàncilu m
• Spanish: Miguel Ángel m

Further reading

• Michelangelo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Hungarian

Etymology

From Italian Michelangelo, from Michele (“Michael”) +‎ Angelo (“Angel”), referring to Michael the Archangel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmikɛlɒnd͡ʒɛloː] (phonetic respelling: mikelandzseló)
• Hyphenation: Mi‧che‧lan‧ge‧lo
• Rhymes: -loː

Proper noun

Michelangelo

1. Michelangelo (Italian artist)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Michelangelo	Michelangelók
accusative	Michelangelót	Michelangelókat
dative	Michelangelónak	Michelangelóknak
instrumental	Michelangelóval	Michelangelókkal
causal-final	Michelangelóért	Michelangelókért
translative	Michelangelóvá	Michelangelókká
terminative	Michelangelóig	Michelangelókig
essive-formal	Michelangeloként	Michelangelókként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Michelangelóban	Michelangelókban
superessive	Michelangelón	Michelangelókon
adessive	Michelangelónál	Michelangelóknál
illative	Michelangelóba	Michelangelókba
sublative	Michelangelóra	Michelangelókra
allative	Michelangelóhoz	Michelangelókhoz
elative	Michelangelóból	Michelangelókból
delative	Michelangelóról	Michelangelókról
ablative	Michelangelótól	Michelangelóktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Michelangelóé	Michelangelóké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Michelangelóéi	Michelangelókéi

Possessive forms of Michelangelo

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Michelangelóm	Michelangelóim
2nd person sing.	Michelangelód	Michelangelóid
3rd person sing.	Michelangelója	Michelangelói
1st person plural	Michelangelónk	Michelangelóink
2nd person plural	Michelangelótok	Michelangelóitok
3rd person plural	Michelangelójuk	Michelangelóik

Derived terms

• michelangelói

Italian

Alternative forms

• Michelangiolo, Michelagnolo (older Tuscan forms)

Etymology

From Michele (“Michael”) +‎ Angelo (“Angel”), referring to Michael the Archangel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.keˈlan.d͡ʒe.lo/
• Rhymes: -andʒelo
• Hyphenation: Mi‧che‧làn‧ge‧lo

Proper noun

Michelangelo m

1. Michelangelo (Italian artist)
2. a male given name

Derived terms

• michelangiolesco

Romanian

Proper noun

Michelangelo m

1. Michelangelo