ariel
/ˈɛɹiəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.54 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine.
name
A male given name from Hebrew, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
name
An Israeli settlement and city in the central West Bank.
noun
Misspelling of aerial.
Example Sentences
- "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices."
- "Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding."
- "All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds; to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality."
- "Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy / The Atheist crew, but with redoubl’d blow / Ariel and Arioc, and the violence / Of Ramiel scorcht and blasted overthrew."
- "Of these am I, who thy Protection claim, / A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name."
- "You don't look like a Daniel (your pre-chosen name). There's something fierce and tawny about you. You're the Lion! You're Ariel: God's Lion. You'll be my father Leon's namesake — and for your father, you'll have a Hebrew name. I dub thee Ariel, faery spirit of my tempest. You'll be my Jerusalem..."
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”). * (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of William Lassell, though it is uncertain if Herschel devised the names, or if Lassell did so and then sought Herschel’s permission. Ariel is the name of the leading sylph in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and also the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Word Breakdown
- Root: אֲרִיאֵל
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɛəɹɪəl/