archangel

See also: Archangel

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French archangele, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin archangelus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχ- (arkh-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). Surface analysis arch- +‎ angel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)kˌeɪn.dʒəl/

Noun

archangel (plural archangels)

1. A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
2. In Christian angelology, an archangel is an angel from the third level or choir of angels, ranked above virtues and below powers.

Related terms

• angel
• angelic
• angelical
• angelically
• angelologist
• angelology
• archangelic
• archangelical
• archangelically

 

Translations

angel who leads other angels

• Afrikaans: aartsengel (af)
• Armenian: հրեշտակապետ (hy) (hreštakapet)
• Asturian: arcánxel m
• Avestan: 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 (Aməša Spəṇta)
• Catalan: arcàngel m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大天使 (daai⁶ tin¹ sai²), 天使長／天使长 (tin¹ sai² zoeng²)

  Mandarin: 大天使 (dàtiānshǐ), 天使長／天使长 (tiānshǐcháng), 天使长 (tiānshǐcháng)

• Czech: archanděl m
• Danish: ærkeengel c, overengel c
• Dutch: aartsengel (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉefanĝelo
• 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)
• Hebrew: רַב־מַלְאָךְ m (rav-mal'ákh)
• Hungarian: arkangyal (hu)
• Icelandic: erkiengill m
• Ido: arkianjelo (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ardaingeal m
• Italian: arcangelo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 大天使 (daitenshi), 天使長 (tenshichō)
• Korean: 대천사 (ko) (daecheonsa)
• Macedonian: архангел m (arhangel)
• Manx: ard-ainle m
• Norman: archange m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overengel m

  Nynorsk: overengel m

• Novial:
• 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

• Spanish: arcángel (es) m
• Swahili: överängel c
• Swedish: ärkeängel (sv) c
• Tagalog: arkanghel
• Tok Pisin: akanggelo
• Turkish: baş melek
• Welsh: archangel m

See also

• archangelology
• cherub
• cherubim
• choir
• choirs of angels
• domination
• power
• principality
• seraph
• seraphim
• throne

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Welsh

Noun

archangel m (plural archangylion)

1. (religion) archangel