Meaning

13 senses
  1. An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.

    Engel

    а́нгелángel

    а́нгелánhel, я́нголjánhol

  2. An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.

    One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.

  3. A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.

    (figuratively)Someone who is pure or innocent.

  4. (figuratively)Someone who is kind or selfless.

    Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel.

  5. (figuratively)Someone, especially a woman or child, having youthful, wholesome, or radiant beauty.

  6. (historical)An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.

  7. (slang)An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.

    Climb to angels sixty.

  8. (colloquial, dated)An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.

  9. Someone that funds

    An angel investor.

  10. The person who funds a show.

    a person of exceptional holiness

  11. (informal)A person who has Angelman syndrome; often capitalized.

  12. (obsolete)Attendant spirit; genius; demon.

Examples

285 sentences
  1. Have you ever seen an angel?

    Ти коли-небудь бачив ангела?

    ruВы когда-нибудь видели ангела?

    deHaben Sie schon mal einen Engel gesehen?

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  2. Tom is an angel.

    Том — ангел.

    ruТом - ангел.

    deTom ist ein Engel.

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  3. You're really an angel.

    Ти справжній ангел!

    ruТы настоящий ангел.

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  4. Tom is no angel.

    Том — не ангел.

    ruТом не ангел.

    deTom ist kein Engel.

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  5. I'm not an angel.

    Я не ангел.

    ruЯ не ангел.

    deIch bin kein Engel.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels:
messenger from a deity:
Русский
By meaning 1
in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels:

Origin

Two Baroque angels from southern Germany, from the mid-18th century Clipping of Angelman.

Two Baroque angels from southern Germany, from the mid-18th century

Clipping of Angelman.

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Forms

plural: angels
Singularangel
Pluralangels

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
spiritual messenger:errand-ghost
Close in meaning
  • the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally:Angel Falls
  • someone who provides financial support for some venture:backer
  • a person of exceptional holiness:saintholy person

Word family

91 related words

See also

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