Rachel

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.tʃəl/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -eɪtʃəl
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• CMU ARPABET: R EY1 CH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Late Latin Rāchēl, from Ancient Greek Ῥαχήλ (Rhakhḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָחֵל (rāḫēl, “ewe”). Doublet of Raquel.

From Rachel, the stage name adopted by Elisabeth Félix (?1820–58), Swiss-born French actress, with reference to her skin tone. Compare raschel.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Ragel — younger daughter of Laban
• Aghwan: 𐕙𐔰𐕣𐔴𐔾 (rakel) — younger daughter of Laban
• Amharic: ራሔል (raḥel) — younger daughter of Laban
• Arabic: رَاحِيل (rāḥīl) — younger daughter of Laban
• Aramaic: ܪܳܚܶܝܠ (raHeyl) — younger daughter of Laban
• Armenian: Ռաքել (Ṙakʻel) — younger daughter of Laban
• Old Armenian: Ռաքէլ (Ṙakʻēl) — younger daughter of Laban
• Old Armenian: Հռաքէլ (Hṙakʻēl) — younger daughter of Laban
• Bulgarian: Рахи́л (Rahíl) — younger daughter of Laban
• Chinese Mandarin: 拉結 /拉结 (Lājiē) — younger daughter of Laban
• Chinese Mandarin: 辣黑耳 (Làhēi'ěr) — younger daughter of Laban
• Maore Comorian: Rahilu — younger daughter of Laban
• Czech: Ráchel — younger daughter of Laban
• Danish: Rakel — younger daughter of Laban
• Dutch: Rachel — younger daughter of Laban
• Esperanto: Raĥel — younger daughter of Laban
• Estonian: Raahel — younger daughter of Laban
• Finnish: Raakel — younger daughter of Laban
• French: Rachel — younger daughter of Laban
• German: Rachel — younger daughter of Laban
• German: Rahel — younger daughter of Laban
• Greek: Ραχήλ (Rachíl) — younger daughter of Laban
• Gujarati: રાહેલ (rāhel) — younger daughter of Laban
• Hausa: Rahila — younger daughter of Laban
• Hawaiian: Rāhela — younger daughter of Laban
• Hebrew: רָחֵל (rāḥēl) — younger daughter of Laban
• Hindi: राहेल (rāhel) — younger daughter of Laban
• Hungarian: Ráchel — younger daughter of Laban
• Icelandic: Rakel — younger daughter of Laban
• Italian: Rachele — younger daughter of Laban
• Japanese: ラケル (Rakeru) — younger daughter of Laban
• Kazakh: Рахила (Raxila) — younger daughter of Laban
• Korean: 라헬 (rahel) — younger daughter of Laban
• Lithuanian: Rachelė — younger daughter of Laban
• Malay: Rahel — younger daughter of Laban
• Māori: Rāhera — younger daughter of Laban
• Norwegian: Rakel — younger daughter of Laban
• Polish: Rachela — younger daughter of Laban
• Portuguese: Raquel — younger daughter of Laban
• Russian: Рахи́ль (Raxílʹ) — younger daughter of Laban
• Scottish Gaelic: Rachel — younger daughter of Laban
• Spanish: Raquel — younger daughter of Laban
• Swahili: Raheli — younger daughter of Laban
• Swedish: Rakel — younger daughter of Laban
• Tigrinya: ራሔል (raḥel) — younger daughter of Laban
• Turkish: Rahel — younger daughter of Laban
• Ukrainian: Рахиль (Raxylʹ) — younger daughter of Laban
• Yiddish: רחל (Rokhl) — younger daughter of Laban
• Amharic: ራሔል (raḥel) — female given name
• Bulgarian: Ре́йчъл (Réjčǎl) — female given name
• Catalan: Raquel — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 蕾切爾 /蕾切尔 (Léiqiè'ěr) — female given name
• Danish: Rakel — female given name
• Estonian: Raili — female given name
• Galician: Raquel — female given name
• Greek: Ρέιτσελ (Réitsel) — female given name
• Greenlandic: Alaakkilli — female given name
• Hausa: Rahila — female given name
• Hawaiian: Lāhela — female given name
• Hebrew: רָחֵל (Raḥél) — female given name
• Hindi: रेचल (recal) — female given name
• Hungarian: Ráchel — female given name
• Icelandic: Rakel — female given name
• Irish: Ráchael — female given name
• Māori: Rāhera — female given name
• Norman: Râché — female given name
• Portuguese: Raquel — female given name
• Russian: Рэ́йчел (Rɛ́jčel) — female given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Raonaid — female given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Raghnaid — female given name
• Swahili: Raheli — female given name
• Tigrinya: ራሔል (raḥel) — female given name
• Yiddish: רחל (rokhl) — female given name