Meanings
archangel1
Archangel2
- A surname.
- datedDated form of Arkhangelsk: a city in northwestern Russia.
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.
1885, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man From Archangel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of angelica (“the garden herb”).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀρχάγγελος
- Latinarchangelus
- Old Frencharchangele
- Middle Englisharchangel
- Englisharchangel
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans aartsengel
- aartsengelangel who leads other angels
Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος
- ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos)angel who leads other angels
Basque arkanjelu, goiaingeru
- arkanjeluangel who leads other angels
- goiaingeruangel who leads other angels
Bulgarian архангел
- архангел (arhangel)angel who leads other angels
Catalan arcàngel
- arcàngelangel who leads other angels
Chinese Cantonese 大天使, 天使長 /天使长
- 大天使 (daai⁶ tin¹ sai²)angel who leads other angels
- 天使長 /天使长 (tin¹ sai² zoeng²)angel who leads other angels
Chinese Mandarin 大天使, 天使長 /天使长
- 大天使 (dàtiānshǐ)angel who leads other angels
- 天使長 /天使长 (tiānshǐcháng)angel who leads other angels
Czech archanděl
- archandělangel who leads other angels
Danish ærkeengel, overengel
- ærkeengelangel who leads other angels
- overengelangel who leads other angels
Dutch aartsengel
- aartsengelangel who leads other angels
Esperanto ĉefanĝelo, arkianĝelo
- ĉefanĝeloangel who leads other angels
- arkianĝeloangel who leads other angels
- arĥianĝeloangel who leads other angels
Estonian peaingel
- peaingelangel who leads other angels
Finnish arkkienkeli, ylienkeli
- arkkienkeliangel who leads other angels
- ylienkeliangel who leads other angels
French archange
- archangeangel who leads other angels
German Erzengel
- Erzengelangel who leads other angels
Greek αρχάγγελος
- αρχάγγελος (archángelos)angel who leads other angels
Hebrew רַב־מַלְאָךְ, שר־מַלְאָכִים
- רַב־מַלְאָךְ (rav-mal'ákh)angel who leads other angels
- שר־מַלְאָכִים (sar-mal'akhím)angel who leads other angels
Hindi महादूत
- महादूत (mahādūt)angel who leads other angels
Hungarian arkangyal
- arkangyalangel who leads other angels
Icelandic erkiengill
- erkiengillangel who leads other angels
Indonesian malaikat agung
- malaikat agungangel who leads other angels
Irish ardaingeal
- ardaingealangel who leads other angels
Italian arcangelo
- arcangeloangel who leads other angels
Japanese 大天使, 天使長
- 大天使 (daitenshi)angel who leads other angels
- 天使長 (tenshichō)angel who leads other angels
Korean 대천사
- 대천사 (daecheonsa)angel who leads other angels
Latin archangelus
- archangelusangel who leads other angels
Latvian erceņģelis, virseņģelis
- erceņģelisangel who leads other angels
- virseņģelisangel who leads other angels
Lithuanian arkangelas
- arkangelasangel who leads other angels
Norwegian Bokmål overengel
- overengelangel who leads other angels
Persian فرشتگان مقرب, امشاسپند
- فرشتگان مقرب (fereštegân-e moqarrab)angel who leads other angels
- امشاسپند (amšâspand)angel who leads other angels
Polish archanioł
- archaniołangel who leads other angels
Portuguese arcanjo
- arcanjoangel who leads other angels
Romanian arhanghel
- arhanghelangel who leads other angels
Russian арха́нгел
- арха́нгел (arxángel)angel who leads other angels
Slovak archanjel
- archanjelangel who leads other angels
Spanish arcángel
- arcángelangel who leads other angels
Swahili malaika mkuu
- malaika mkuuangel who leads other angels
Swedish ärkeängel, överängel
- ärkeängelangel who leads other angels
- överängelangel who leads other angels
Tagalog arkanghel
- arkanghelangel who leads other angels
Thai อัครทูตสวรรค์, หัวหน้าทูตสวรรค์
- อัครทูตสวรรค์angel who leads other angels
- หัวหน้าทูตสวรรค์angel who leads other angels
Turkish baş melek
- baş melekangel who leads other angels
Ukrainian архангел
- архангел (arxanhel)angel who leads other angels
Welsh archangel
- archangelangel who leads other angels
Yiddish אַרכאַנגל
- אַרכאַנגל (arkhangl)angel who leads other angels
Cite this entry
archangel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archangel
“archangel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archangel. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archangel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archangel.
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