angélique

noun

A plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.

Similar
angelicaangel lute
OriginFrench angélique →
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Meanings

nounangélique (plural angéliques)

plural angéliques · alternative angelique

  1. A plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.

    Synonyms: angelica, angel lute

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.

Similar
angelicaangel lute
Also see
angelicaangel lute

Origin

  1. Frenchangélique
  2. Englishangélique

Borrowed from French angélique. Doublet of angelic and angelique (“a plant of the genus Angelica”).

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Translations

French angélique
  • angéliquebowl lute
Cite this entry
APA

angélique. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%C3%A9lique

MLA

“angélique.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%C3%A9lique. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angélique,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%C3%A9lique.

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