angel
An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity,…An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
» Have you ever seen an angel?
Haben Sie schon mal einen Engel gesehen?
Вы когда-нибудь видели ангела?
Ты когда-нибудь видел ангела?
Ти коли-небудь бачив ангела?
Ти коли-небудь бачила ангела?
Ви коли-небудь бачили ангела?
Meaning
13 sensesAn 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
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.
A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
(figuratively)Someone who is pure or innocent.
(figuratively)Someone who is kind or selfless.
Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel.
(figuratively)Someone, especially a woman or child, having youthful, wholesome, or radiant beauty.
(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.
(slang)An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
Climb to angels sixty.
(colloquial, dated)An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
Someone that funds
An angel investor.
The person who funds a show.
a person of exceptional holiness
(informal)A person who has Angelman syndrome; often capitalized.
(obsolete)Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
Examples
285 sentencesHave you ever seen an angel?
Ти коли-небудь бачив ангела?
ruВы когда-нибудь видели ангела?
deHaben Sie schon mal einen Engel gesehen?
Tom is an angel.
Том — ангел.
ruТом - ангел.
deTom ist ein Engel.
You're really an angel.
Ти справжній ангел!
ruТы настоящий ангел.
Tom is no angel.
Том — не ангел.
ruТом не ангел.
deTom ist kein Engel.
I'm not an angel.
Я не ангел.
ruЯ не ангел.
deIch bin kein Engel.
Translations
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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: angelsSynonyms
6 synonyms- 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