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• /ˈeɪn.d͡ʒɛl/ Caribbean, poetic, singing
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• [ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒɛl] Caribbean, poetic, singing
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Two Baroque angels from southern Germany, from the mid-18th century From Middle English aungel, angel, from Old English anġel, either a modification of enġel after its etymon Latin angelus (through the intermediate of Proto-West Germanic *angil) or a reborrowing from the Latin, which is in turn from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman angele, angel, from the same Latin source. The religious sense of the Greek word first appeared in the Septuagint as a translation of the Hebrew word מַלְאָךְ (malʾāḵ, “messenger”) or מַלְאַךְ יהוה (malʾāḵ YHWH, “messenger of YHWH”). Doublet of Angelus. Use of the term in some churches to refer to a church official derives from interpreting the "angels" of the Seven churches of Asia in Revelation as being bishops or ministers rather than angelic beings.

Clipping of Angelman.

325 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: мальаикь (malzaikj) — messenger from a deity
• Abkhaz: амаалықь (amaaləkj) — messenger from a deity
• Afrikaans: engel — messenger from a deity
• Aghwan: 𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕚 (angelos) — messenger from a deity
• Akan: ɔbɔfoɔ — messenger from a deity
• Albanian: engjëll — messenger from a deity
• Amharic: መልአክ (mälʾäk) — messenger from a deity
• Chungli Ao: tenyar — messenger from a deity
• Arabic: مَلَاك (malāk) — messenger from a deity
• Arabic: مَلْأَك (malʔak) — messenger from a deity
• Arabic: مَلَك (malak) — messenger from a deity
• Arabic: مَلَاك (malāk) — messenger from a deity
• Arabic: مَلَاك (malāk) — messenger from a deity
• Arabic: مَلَاك (malāk) — messenger from a deity
• Aramaic: ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾăḵā) — messenger from a deity
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מַלְאֲכָא (malʾăḵā) — messenger from a deity
• Armenian: հրեշտակ (hreštak) — messenger from a deity
• Aromanian: anghil — messenger from a deity
• Asturian: ánxel — messenger from a deity
• Avar: малаик (malaik) — messenger from a deity
• Azerbaijani: mələk — messenger from a deity
• Azerbaijani: firiştə — messenger from a deity
• Azerbaijani: fəriştə — messenger from a deity
• South Azerbaijani: ملک (melek) — messenger from a deity
• South Azerbaijani: فرشته (ferishte) — messenger from a deity
• Bashkir: фәрештә (fəreştə) — messenger from a deity
• Bats: ანგლოზ (ãgloz) — messenger from a deity
• Belarusian: анёл (anjól) — messenger from a deity
• Belarusian: а́нгел (ánhjel) — messenger from a deity
• Bengali: ফেরেশতা (phereśota) — messenger from a deity
• Bengali: দেবদূত (debdut) — messenger from a deity
• Breton: ael — messenger from a deity
• Bulgarian: а́нгел (ángel) — messenger from a deity
• Burmese: ကောင်းကင်တမန် (kaung:kangta.man) — messenger from a deity
• Carpathian Rusyn: а́нгел (ánhel) — messenger from a deity
• Catalan: àngel — messenger from a deity
• Chechen: малик (malik) — messenger from a deity
• Chechen: ангела (angela) — messenger from a deity
• Cherokee: ᎠᏂᏓᏪᎯ (anidawehi) — messenger from a deity
• Chichewa: mngelo — messenger from a deity
• Chinese Cantonese: 天使 (tin1 si3) — messenger from a deity
• Chinese: тянщян (tianxian) — messenger from a deity
• Chinese: 天使 (thin-sài) — messenger from a deity
• Chinese Mandarin: 天使 (tiānshǐ) — messenger from a deity
• Chinese Mandarin: 安琪兒 /安琪儿 (ānqí'ér) — messenger from a deity
• Chuvash: пирӗшти (pirĕšti) — messenger from a deity
• East Circassian: мэлэӏыч (mɛlɛʼəč) — messenger from a deity
• West Circassian: мэлэӏич (mɛlɛʼič) — messenger from a deity
• Cornish: el — messenger from a deity
• Crimean Tatar: ferişte — messenger from a deity
• Crimean Tatar: melek — messenger from a deity
• Czech: anděl — messenger from a deity
• Danish: engel — messenger from a deity
• Dargwa: малайк (malajk) — messenger from a deity
• Dargwa: муъмин (muʾmin) — messenger from a deity
• Dolgan: энгил (ängil) — messenger from a deity
• Dutch: engel — messenger from a deity
• Erzya: армо (armo) — messenger from a deity
• Esperanto: anĝelo — messenger from a deity
• Estonian: ingel — messenger from a deity
• Farefare: malɛka — messenger from a deity
• Faroese: eingil — messenger from a deity
• Finnish: enkeli — messenger from a deity
• French: ange — messenger from a deity
• Old French: angle — messenger from a deity
• Old French: angele — messenger from a deity
• West-Frisian: ingel — messenger from a deity
• Friulian: agnul — messenger from a deity
• Gagauz: melek — messenger from a deity
• Gagauz: ayoz — messenger from a deity
• Gagauz: angil — messenger from a deity
• Galician: anxo — messenger from a deity
• Ge'ez: መልአክ (mälʾäk) — messenger from a deity
• Georgian: ანგელოზი (angelozi) — messenger from a deity
• German: Engel — messenger from a deity
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (aggilus) — messenger from a deity
• Greek: άγγελος (ángelos) — messenger from a deity
• Ancient Greek: ἄγγελος (ángelos) — messenger from a deity
• Haitian Creole: zanj — messenger from a deity
• Hawaiian: ʻānela — messenger from a deity
• Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ (mal'ákh) — messenger from a deity
• Hindi: फ़रिश्ता (fariśtā) — messenger from a deity
• Hindi: फरिश्ता (phariśtā) — messenger from a deity
• Hindi: देवता (devtā) — messenger from a deity
• Hindi: देवदूत (devdūt) — messenger from a deity
• Hindi: मलक (malak) — messenger from a deity
• Hungarian: angyal — messenger from a deity
• Icelandic: engill — messenger from a deity
• Indonesian: malaikat — messenger from a deity
• Indonesian: bidadari — messenger from a deity
• Ingrian: ängeli — messenger from a deity
• Ingush: малайк (malajk) — messenger from a deity
• Irish: aingeal — messenger from a deity
• Italian: angelo — messenger from a deity
• Jamaican Creole: aynjel — messenger from a deity
• Jamaican Creole: ienjel — messenger from a deity
• Japanese: 天使 (tenshi) — messenger from a deity
• Japanese: 天の使い (ten no tsukai) — messenger from a deity
• Kaingang: jẽnẽ jamã — messenger from a deity
• Kalmyk: сәкүсн (säküsn) — messenger from a deity
• Karachay-Balkar: мёлек (mölek) — messenger from a deity
• Karachay-Balkar: салымчы (salımçı) — messenger from a deity
• Karaim: melek — messenger from a deity
• Karaim: filäştä — messenger from a deity
• Karakalpak: perishte — messenger from a deity
• Kashubian: janiół — messenger from a deity
• Kazakh: періште (perışte) — messenger from a deity
• Khmer: ទេពតា (teepdaa) — messenger from a deity
• Khmer: ទេព (teep) — messenger from a deity
• Komi-Permyak: идӧг (idög) — messenger from a deity
• Komi-Zyrian: идӧг (idög) — messenger from a deity
• Korean: 천사 (cheonsa) — messenger from a deity
• Krymchak: melek — messenger from a deity
• Kumyk: малайик (malayik) — messenger from a deity
• Central Kurdish: فریشتە (firîşte) — messenger from a deity
• Northern Kurdish: milyaket — messenger from a deity
• Northern Kurdish: melek — messenger from a deity
• Northern Kurdish: firîşte — messenger from a deity
• Kyrgyz: периште (perişte) — messenger from a deity
• Ladino: מלאך — messenger from a deity
• Ladino: malah — messenger from a deity
• Ladino: andjel — messenger from a deity
• Lak: малаик (malaik) — messenger from a deity
• Lao: ເທວະ (th) — messenger from a deity
• Lao: ເທບ (thēp) — messenger from a deity
• Lao: ເທວະດາ (th dā) — messenger from a deity
• Latin: angelus — messenger from a deity
• Latvian: eņģelis — messenger from a deity
• Lezgi: малаик (malaik) — messenger from a deity
• Lithuanian: angelas — messenger from a deity
• Middle Low German: Engel — messenger from a deity
• Low German: Engel — messenger from a deity
• Luxembourgish: Engel — messenger from a deity
• Macedonian: ангел (angel) — messenger from a deity
• Malay: malaikat — messenger from a deity
• Malay: malak — messenger from a deity
• Malay: bidadara — messenger from a deity
• Malay: bidadari — messenger from a deity
• Malayalam: മാലാഖ (mālākha) — messenger from a deity
• Maltese: anġlu — messenger from a deity
• Michif: naazh — messenger from a deity
• Mingrelian: ანგელოზი (angelozi) — messenger from a deity
• Moksha: анголь (angoľ) — messenger from a deity
• Mongolian: сахиулсан тэнгэр (saxiulsan tenger) — messenger from a deity
• Moore: malɛka — messenger from a deity
• Navajo: diyin naalʼaʼí — messenger from a deity
• Navajo: God bidiyin naalʼaʼí — messenger from a deity
• Nepali: देवदुत (devadut) — messenger from a deity
• Nogai: периште (perişte) — messenger from a deity
• Nogai: маьлек (mälek) — messenger from a deity
• Norwegian Bokmål: engel — messenger from a deity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: engel — messenger from a deity
• Occitan: àngel — messenger from a deity
• Church Slavic: анг҄елъ (angʹjelŭ) — messenger from a deity
• Old East Slavic: анъгелъ (anŭgelŭ) — messenger from a deity
• Old English: engel — messenger from a deity
• Old English: ār — messenger from a deity
• Old Norse: engill — messenger from a deity
• Old Saxon: engil — messenger from a deity
• Old Turkic: yumuşçu — messenger from a deity
• Oromo: maleeka — messenger from a deity
• Ossetian: зӕд (zæd) — messenger from a deity
• Ossetian: дзуар (ʒwar) — messenger from a deity
• Pannonian Rusyn: ангел (anhel) — messenger from a deity
• Pashto: پرښته (pareẍta) — messenger from a deity
• Pashto: ملک (malak) — messenger from a deity
• Pashto: فرشته (fareštá) — messenger from a deity
• Persian: فَرِشْتَه (farišta) — messenger from a deity
• Persian: مَلَک (malak) — messenger from a deity
• Dari: فَرِشْتَه (farišta) — messenger from a deity
• Dari: مَلَک (malak) — messenger from a deity
• Iranian Persian: فِرِشْتِه (ferešte) — messenger from a deity
• Iranian Persian: مَلَک (malak) — messenger from a deity
• Plautdietsch: Enjel — messenger from a deity
• Polish: anioł — messenger from a deity
• Portuguese: anjo — messenger from a deity
• Punjabi: ਫ਼ਰਿਸ਼ਤਾ (fariśtā) — messenger from a deity
• Punjabi: فَرِشْتَہ (fariśtah) — messenger from a deity
• Quechua: anqil — messenger from a deity
• Réunion Creole French: zanz — messenger from a deity
• Romanian: înger — messenger from a deity
• Romansh: anghel — messenger from a deity
• Romansh: aunghel — messenger from a deity
• Romansh: aungel — messenger from a deity
• Romansh: anguel — messenger from a deity
• Romansh: ànghel — messenger from a deity
• Russian: а́нгел (ángel) — messenger from a deity
• Skolt-Sami: aʹŋǧǧel — messenger from a deity
• Campidanese Sardinian: ànghelu — messenger from a deity
• Campidanese Sardinian: angìulu — messenger from a deity
• Sardinian: ànzelu — messenger from a deity
• Sardinian: ànghelu — messenger from a deity
• Sassarese: àngniru — messenger from a deity
• Scottish Gaelic: aingeal — messenger from a deity
• Serbo-Croatian: анђео — messenger from a deity
• Serbo-Croatian: anđeo — messenger from a deity
• Siberian Tatar: пәрештә — messenger from a deity
• Siberian Tatar: бириштә — messenger from a deity
• Sicilian: àncilu — messenger from a deity
• Sicilian: ànciulu — messenger from a deity
• Sindhi: ملائڪ (mlāk) — messenger from a deity
• Sinhalese: දේවදූතයා (dēwadūtayā) — messenger from a deity
• Slovak: anjel — messenger from a deity
• Slovene: angel — messenger from a deity
• Somali: malak — messenger from a deity
• Upper Sorbian: jandźel — messenger from a deity
• Sotho: lengeloi — messenger from a deity
• Spanish: ángel — messenger from a deity
• Svan: ა̈ნგუ̂ლეზ (ängûlez) — messenger from a deity
• Swahili: malaika — messenger from a deity
• Swedish: ängel — messenger from a deity
• Tabasaran: малайик (malajik) — messenger from a deity
• Tagalog: anghel — messenger from a deity
• Tajik: фаришта (farišta) — messenger from a deity
• Tajik: малак (malak) — messenger from a deity
• Tamil: தேவதூதர் (tēvatūtar) — messenger from a deity
• Tamil: மாலாகர் (mālākar) — messenger from a deity
• Tat: малах — messenger from a deity
• Tatar: фәрештә (färeştä) — messenger from a deity
• Telugu: దేవదూత (dēvadūta) — messenger from a deity
• Thai: เทวดา (tee-wá-daa) — messenger from a deity
• Thai: ทูตสวรรค์ (tûut-sà-wǎn) — messenger from a deity
• Tigrinya: መልኣኽ (mälʾax) — messenger from a deity
• Tongan: 'angelo — messenger from a deity
• Turkish: melek — messenger from a deity
• Turkish: ferişte — messenger from a deity
• Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melek) — messenger from a deity
• Ottoman Turkish: فرشته (firişte) — messenger from a deity
• Turkmen: melek — messenger from a deity
• Turkmen: perişde — messenger from a deity
• Ukrainian: а́нгел (ánhel) — messenger from a deity
• Ukrainian: я́нгол (jánhol) — messenger from a deity
• Ulithian: anggeliius — messenger from a deity
• Urdu: فَرِشْتَہ (fariśta) — messenger from a deity
• Urdu: مَلَک (malak) — messenger from a deity
• Uyghur: پەرىشتە (perishte) — messenger from a deity
• Uyghur: مەلائىك (mela'ik) — messenger from a deity
• Uzbek: farishta — messenger from a deity
• Uzbek: malak — messenger from a deity
• Venetan: ànxelo — messenger from a deity
• Vietnamese: thiên thần — messenger from a deity
• Vietnamese: thiên sứ — messenger from a deity
• Vilamovian: engl — messenger from a deity
• Volapük: silanan — messenger from a deity
• Walloon: andje — messenger from a deity
• Welsh: angel — messenger from a deity
• Welsh: angyles — messenger from a deity
• Wolaytta: kiitanchchaa — messenger from a deity
• Yakut: аанньал (aanňal) — messenger from a deity
• Yao (Africa): lilayika class 5 — messenger from a deity
• Yiddish: מלאך (malekh) — messenger from a deity
• Yup'ik: an'gilaq — messenger from a deity
• Yup'ik: aankilaq — messenger from a deity
• Zulu: ingelosi — messenger from a deity
• Aghwan: 𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔴𐔾𐕒𐕚 (angelos) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Aramaic: ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾăḵā) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מַלְאֲכָא (malʾăḵā) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Armenian: հրեշտակ (hreštak) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Maore Comorian: malaika — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Danish: engel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Dutch: engel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Estonian: ingel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Farefare: malɛka — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Faroese: eingil — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Finnish: enkeli — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• French: ange — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• West-Frisian: ingel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• German: Engel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Greek: άγγελος (ángelos) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Icelandic: engill — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Irish: aingeal — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Japanese: 天使 (tenshi) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Kalmyk: сәкүсн (säküsn) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Luxembourgish: Engel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Macedonian: ангел (angel) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Norwegian Bokmål: engel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Norwegian Nynorsk: engel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Old English: engel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Old Norse: engill — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Polish: anioł — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Portuguese: anjo — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Russian: а́нгел (ángel) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Scottish Gaelic: aingeal — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Serbo-Croatian: а̑нђео — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Serbo-Croatian: ȃnđeo — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Slovak: anjel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Spanish: ángel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Sudovian: engelas — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Swahili: malaika — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Swedish: ängel — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melek) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Ukrainian: я́нгол (jánhol) — in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels
• Armenian: հրեշտակ (hreštak) — selfless person
• Danish: engel — selfless person
• Dutch: engel — selfless person
• Estonian: ingel — selfless person
• Finnish: enkeli — selfless person
• French: ange — selfless person
• West-Frisian: ingel — selfless person
• German: Engel — selfless person
• Greek: άγγελος (ángelos) — selfless person
• Hindi: फ़रिश्ता (fariśtā) — selfless person
• Hindi: फरिश्ता (phariśtā) — selfless person
• Hungarian: angyal — selfless person
• Hungarian: tündér — selfless person
• Icelandic: engill — selfless person
• Irish: aingeal — selfless person
• Luxembourgish: Engel — selfless person
• Macedonian: ангел (angel) — selfless person
• Norwegian Bokmål: engel — selfless person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: engel — selfless person
• Dari: فَرِشْتَه (farišta) — selfless person
• Iranian Persian: فِرِشْتِه (ferešte) — selfless person
• Polish: anioł — selfless person
• Portuguese: anjo — selfless person
• Russian: а́нгел (ángel) — selfless person
• Scottish Gaelic: aingeal — selfless person
• Serbo-Croatian: а̑нђео — selfless person
• Serbo-Croatian: ȃnđeo — selfless person
• Slovak: anjel — selfless person
• Spanish: ángel — selfless person
• Swedish: ängel — selfless person
• Turkish: melek — selfless person
• Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melek) — selfless person
• Ukrainian: я́нгол (jánhol) — selfless person