angelot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French angelot (“small angel”).

Noun

angelot (plural angelots) (obsolete)

1. A French gold coin from the reign of Louis XI, bearing the image of Saint Michael
2. a coin minted in Paris by the English, during the reign of Henry VI.
3. A sort of small, rich cheese made in Normandy, especially Pont-l'Évêque cheese but formerly applied to other cheeses.
4. (music) An old musical instrument similar to the lute.
   • 1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Second”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 66:

     Much as you study arras how to twirl / His Angelot, plaything of page and girl, / Once; […]

References

• “angelot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Gleaton, tangelo

Catalan

Etymology

From àngel +‎ -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɲ.ʒəˈlɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɲ.d͡ʒeˈlɔt]

Noun

angelot m (plural angelots)

1. (colloquial) a little angel, cherub (good-natured, good-hearted person)
2. (decorative arts) putto (naked winged child used as a decorative element)
3. (zoology) angel shark

   Synonym: escat

Related terms

• angelet

Further reading

• “angelot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

From angelus +‎ -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ʒ.lo/

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Noun

angelot m (plural angelots)

1. small angel

References

• “angelot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Further reading

• “angelot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012