Abel

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• /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
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• homophone: able
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• CMU ARPABET: EY1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הָ֑בֶל (háḇel)bor. Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel)bor. Latin Abē̆lder. Old English Ābel Middle English Abel English Abel From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the homonymous word הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”) or from Akkadian 𒌉𒍑 (ablu, “son”).

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هَابِيل (hābīl) — son of Adam and Eve
• Aramaic: הבל (heḇel) — son of Adam and Eve
• Aramaic: ܗܒܝܠ — son of Adam and Eve
• Armenian: Աբել — son of Adam and Eve
• Basque: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Belarusian: А́вель (Ávjelʹ) — son of Adam and Eve
• Bengali: হাবীল (habīl) — son of Adam and Eve
• Bulgarian: А́вел (Ável) — son of Adam and Eve
• Catalan: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Cherokee: ᎡᏈᎵ (equili) — son of Adam and Eve
• Chinese Cantonese: 亞伯 /亚伯 (aa3 baak3) — son of Adam and Eve
• Chinese Cantonese: 亞伯爾 /亚伯尔 (aa3 baak3 ji5) — son of Adam and Eve
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞伯 /亚伯 (Yàbó) — son of Adam and Eve
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞伯爾 /亚伯尔 (Yàbó'ěr) — son of Adam and Eve
• Ngazidja Comorian: Habila — son of Adam and Eve
• Czech: Ábel — son of Adam and Eve
• Danish: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Dutch: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Esperanto: Habelo — son of Adam and Eve
• Estonian: Aabel — son of Adam and Eve
• Ewe: Habel — son of Adam and Eve
• Finnish: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• French: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Georgian: აბელი (abeli) — son of Adam and Eve
• German: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Greek: Άβελ (Ável) — son of Adam and Eve
• Ancient Greek: Ἅβελ (Hábel) — son of Adam and Eve
• Hawaiian: ʻAbela — son of Adam and Eve
• Hebrew: הֶבֶל (hevel) — son of Adam and Eve
• Hindi: हाबील (hābīl) — son of Adam and Eve
• Italian: Abele — son of Adam and Eve
• Japanese: アベル (Aberu) — son of Adam and Eve
• Kazakh: Әбіл (Äbıl) — son of Adam and Eve
• Korean: 아벨 — son of Adam and Eve
• Northern Kurdish: Habîl — son of Adam and Eve
• Latin: Abelus — son of Adam and Eve
• Macedonian: Авел (Avel) — son of Adam and Eve
• Malay: Habil — son of Adam and Eve
• Malay: Habel — son of Adam and Eve
• Maltese: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Norwegian Bokmål: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Occitan: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Persian: هابیل (hâbil) — son of Adam and Eve
• Polish: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Portuguese: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Russian: А́вель (Ávelʹ) — son of Adam and Eve
• Serbo-Croatian: Авељ — son of Adam and Eve
• Serbo-Croatian: Абел — son of Adam and Eve
• Serbo-Croatian: Avelj — son of Adam and Eve
• Serbo-Croatian: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Slovak: Ábel — son of Adam and Eve
• Slovene: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Spanish: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Swedish: Abel — son of Adam and Eve
• Telugu: హెబెల్ (hebel) — son of Adam and Eve
• Turkish: Habil — son of Adam and Eve
• Ukrainian: А́вель (Ávelʹ) — son of Adam and Eve
• Vietnamese: A-bên — son of Adam and Eve
• Bengali: হাবীল (habīl) — male given name
• Breton: Avel — male given name
• Breton: Avelig — male given name
• Bulgarian: Е́йбъл (Éjbǎl) — male given name
• Catalan: Abel — male given name
• Chinese Cantonese: 阿貝爾 /阿贝尔 (aa3 bui3 ji5) — male given name
• Chinese Cantonese: 亞伯 /亚伯 (aa3 baak3) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿貝爾 /阿贝尔 (Ābèi'ěr) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞伯 /亚伯 (Yàbó) — male given name
• Danish: Abel — male given name
• Dutch: Abel — male given name
• Ewe: Habel — male given name
• Faroese: Ábal — male given name
• Finnish: Aapeli — male given name
• French: Abel — male given name
• West-Frisian: Abe — male given name
• Galician: Abel — male given name
• German: Abel — male given name
• Hawaiian: ʻApela — male given name
• Hindi: एबल (ebal) — male given name
• Japanese: アベル (Aberu) — male given name
• Korean: 아벨 (abel) — male given name
• Malay: Habil — male given name
• Norwegian: Abel — male given name
• Polish: Abel — male given name
• Portuguese: Abel — male given name
• Russian: Э́йбел (Éjbel) — male given name
• Spanish: Abel — male given name
• Swedish: Abel — male given name