English Explanatory Dictionary

Gabriel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].
  2. An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gabriel.wav

Word forms

Gabriel

Etymology

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew גבריאלbor. Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl)bor. Latin Gabrielder. English Gabriel From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.

Related words

Gabe Gabriela Gabriella Gabrielle

Derived words

San Gabriel Stoke Gabriel

Translations

Albanian: Gavril Albanian: Bjelli Arabic: جِبْرِيل Arabic: جِبْرَائِيل Aramaic: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ Aramaic: ܓܒܪܝܐܝ Armenian: Գաբրիել Bengali: গাব্রিয়েল Chinese Mandarin: 加布里埃爾 /加布里埃尔 Chinese Mandarin: 蓋布列 /盖布列 Czech: Gabriel Danish: Gabriel Esperanto: Gabrielo Finnish: Kaapo French: Gabriel Galician: Gabriel German: Gabriel Greek: Γαβριήλ Hausa: Jibirilu Hawaiian: Kapeliela Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל Hindi: गेब्रियल Hungarian: Gábor Italian: Gabriele Italian: Gabriello Japanese: ガブリエル Korean: 가브리엘 Latin: Gabriel Latin: Gabrihel Macedonian: Га́врил Malay: Jibril Maltese: Gabriel Māori: Kaperiere Norwegian: Gabriel Pannonian Rusyn: Гавриїл Persian: جبرئیل Persian: جبرییل Persian: جبریل Persian: گابریل Polish: Gabriel Portuguese: Gabriel Russian: Гаврии́л Russian: Габриэ́л Sinhalese: ගබිරියෙල් Sinhalese: ගේබ්රියෙල් Spanish: Gabriel Swahili: Gabrieli Swedish: Gabriel Ukrainian: Гаври́ло Yiddish: גבֿריאל
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