How do you pronounce archangel?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl/.

Where does archangel come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

archangel

/ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: archangel
IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪn.d͡ʒəl/

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Meaning

noun

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

noun

Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”).

name

A surname.

name

Dated form of Arkhangelsk: a city in northwestern Russia.

Dated

Example Sentences

"We bore her down to the boat and aboard our vessel, and then getting up anchor we sailed away across the White Sea until the spires of Archangel sank down behind the horizon."

Etymology

From Middle English archangel, from Old French archangele, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”). By surface analysis, arch- + angel.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: archangel, archangele, archangelus, ἀρχάγγελος

Usage

Dated

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

archangels (plural)

Derived Forms

archangelship

Phrases

Archangel tar

Frequently Paired Words

angel angelic angelical angelically angelologist angelology archangelic archangelical

Synonyms

angelica garden angelica angelica archangelica

Rhymes With

angel angell