Meanings
plural Michelangelos
- A 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564).
In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo.
1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 102 more examples
There are no evidences in these days of Michelangelos and Titians, who at the age of eighty or ninety could turn out stronger work than our people of thirty and forty today!
1926 October 11, C. F. B., “Old and New Pictures in Venice”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic edition, volume XVIII, number 268, Boston, Mass.: Christian Science Publishing Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2Where did Picasso come from? / There's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh
1990, Lou Reed, John Cale, “Smalltown”, in Songs for Drella
Origin
- ItalianMichelangelo
- EnglishMichelangelo
From Italian Michelangelo, from Michele (“Michael”) + Angelo (“Angel”), referring to Michael the Archangel.
More words from Italian
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Bulgarian Микела́нджело
- Микела́нджело (Mikelándželo)Italian artist
Chinese Cantonese 米高安哲羅 /米高安哲罗
- 米高安哲羅 /米高安哲罗Italian artist
Chinese Mandarin 米開朗基羅 /米开朗基罗, 米開朗琪羅 /米开朗琪罗
- 米開朗基羅 /米开朗基罗 (Mǐkāilǎngjīluó)Italian artist
- 米開朗琪羅 /米开朗琪罗 (Mǐkāilǎngqíluó)Italian artist
Esperanto Mikelanĝelo
- MikelanĝeloItalian artist
French Michel-Ange
- Michel-AngeItalian artist
Greek Μιχαήλ Άγγελος
- Μιχαήλ Άγγελος (Michaḯl Ángelos)Italian artist
Hindi मिकेलांजेलो
- मिकेलांजेलो (mikelāñjelo)Italian artist
Hungarian Michelangelo
- MichelangeloItalian artist
Italian Michelangelo
- MichelangeloItalian artist
Japanese ミケランジェロ
- ミケランジェロ (Mikeranjero)Italian artist
Korean 미켈란젤로
- 미켈란젤로 (Mikellanjello)Italian artist
Latin Michaēl Angelus
- Michaēl AngelusItalian artist
Polish Michał Anioł
- Michał AniołItalian artist
Romanian Michelangelo
- MichelangeloItalian artist
Russian Микела́нджело
- Микела́нджело (Mikelándželo)Italian artist
Spanish Miguel Ángel
- Miguel ÁngelItalian artist
Cite this entry
Michelangelo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michelangelo
“Michelangelo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michelangelo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Michelangelo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Michelangelo.
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