Gabriel
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪbɹi.əl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
editGabriel
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
- Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
- 1986, Paul Bailey, Gabriel's Lament, Viking, published 1987, →ISBN, page 20:
- "I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.
- 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
- An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 9:21::
- Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:26::
- And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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Catalan
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ɡə.βɾiˈɛl]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡə.bɾiˈɛl]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.bɾiˈɛl]
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Proper noun
editGabriel m
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editGabriel m anim
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielové |
genitive | Gabriela | Gabrielů |
dative | Gabrielovi, Gabrielu | Gabrielům |
accusative | Gabriela | Gabriely |
vocative | Gabriele, Gabrieli | Gabrielové |
locative | Gabrielovi, Gabrielu | Gabrielech |
instrumental | Gabrielem | Gabriely |
Danish
editProper noun
editGabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Faroese
editProper noun
editGabriel m
- a male given name
Usage notes
editPatronymics
- son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
- daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir
Declension
editSingular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Gabriel |
Accusative | Gabriel |
Dative | Gabrieli |
Genitive | Gabriels |
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editGabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Declension
editInflection of Gabriel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielit | |
genitive | Gabrielin | Gabrielien | |
partitive | Gabrielia | Gabrieleja | |
illative | Gabrieliin | Gabrieleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielit | |
accusative | nom. | Gabriel | Gabrielit |
gen. | Gabrielin | ||
genitive | Gabrielin | Gabrielien | |
partitive | Gabrielia | Gabrieleja | |
inessive | Gabrielissa | Gabrieleissa | |
elative | Gabrielista | Gabrieleista | |
illative | Gabrieliin | Gabrieleihin | |
adessive | Gabrielilla | Gabrieleilla | |
ablative | Gabrielilta | Gabrieleilta | |
allative | Gabrielille | Gabrieleille | |
essive | Gabrielina | Gabrieleina | |
translative | Gabrieliksi | Gabrieleiksi | |
abessive | Gabrielitta | Gabrieleitta | |
instructive | — | Gabrielein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
editStatistics
edit- Gabriel is the 368th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 858 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,200 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs to 5 female individuals (and as a middle name to 13 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editGabriel m
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Related terms
edit- female given name: Gabrielle
Descendants
edit- → Alemannic German: Gaabi
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editGabriel
- (biblical) Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Related terms
edit- feminine form: Gabriele
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡäbrieːɫ̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡäːbriel]
Proper noun
editGabriēl m sg (variously declined, genitive Gabriēl or Gabriēlis); indeclinable, third declension
Declension
editIndeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Gabriēl |
genitive | Gabriēl Gabriēlis |
dative | Gabriēl Gabriēlī |
accusative | Gabriēl Gabriēlem |
ablative | Gabriēl Gabriēle |
vocative | Gabriēl |
Descendants
edit- → Albanian: Gabriel
- → Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
- → Czech: Gabriel
- → Danish: Gabriel
- → Dutch: Gabriël
- Afrikaans: Gabriël
- → English: Gabriel
- → Faroese: Gabriel, Gabrial, Brialdur
- → Finnish: Gabriel, Kaaperi, Kaapre, Kaaprel, Kaaprelli, Kaapo
- → French: Gabriel
- → Alemannic German: Gaabi
- → Galician: Gabriel
- → Georgian: გაბრიელი (gabrieli)
- → German: Gabriel
- → Greenlandic: Kaapriale, Kapriali, Kaparialli
- → Gujarati: ગેબ્રિયલ (gebriyal)
- → Hindi: गेब्रियल (gebriyal)
- → Hungarian: Gabór, Gábriel
- → Icelandic: Gabríel
- → Irish: Gaibrial, Gaibriéil, Gaibriél
- → Italian: Gabriele
- → Japanese: ガブリエル (Gaburieru)
- → Kannada: ಗೇಬ್ರಿಯಲ್ (gēbriyal)
- → Korean: 가브리엘 (Gabeuriel)
- → Latvian: Gabriels
- → Lithuanian: Gabrielius
- → Maltese: Gabrijel
- → Norman: Gabriel
- → Norwegian: Gabriel
- → Persian: گابریل (gâbriel)
- → Polish: Gabriel
- → Portuguese: Gabriel, Biel
- → Romanian: Gabriel
- → Serbo-Croatian: Gabrijel
- → Slovak: Gabriel
- → Slovene: Gabrijel
- → Spanish: Gabriel
- → Swedish: Gabriel, Gabrel
- → Welsh: Gabriel
References
edit- Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norman
editProper noun
editGabriel m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Norwegian
editProper noun
editGabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin Gabriēl.
Proper noun
editGabriel m pers (female equivalent Gabriela, diminutive Gabryś)
- a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
- (biblical) Gabriel (archangel)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielowie/Gabriele (deprecative) |
genitive | Gabriela | Gabrieli |
dative | Gabrielowi | Gabrielom |
accusative | Gabriela | Gabrieli |
instrumental | Gabrielem | Gabrielami |
locative | Gabrielu | Gabrielach |
vocative | Gabrielu | Gabrielowie |
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
editGabriel f
Further reading
edit- Gabriel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese Gabrïél.
Pronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editGabriel m (plural Gabriéis)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- (Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)
Slovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editGabriel m pers (genitive singular Gabriela, nominative plural Gabrielovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Gabriel | Gabrielovia |
genitive | Gabriela | Gabrielov |
dative | Gabrielovi | Gabrielom |
accusative | Gabriela | Gabrielov |
locative | Gabrielovi | Gabrieloch |
instrumental | Gabrielom | Gabrielmi |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Gabriel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editGabriel m
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Related terms
editSwedish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editGabriel c (genitive Gabriels)
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- female given name: Gabriella
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Gabriel.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡabɾiˈel/ [ɡɐbˈɾjɛl]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: Gab‧ri‧el
Proper noun
editGabriél (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔)
- (biblical) Gabriel
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- a surname from Spanish
Related terms
editStatistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals.
Anagrams
edit- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Hebrew
- English terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Hebrew
- English terms with quotations
- English surnames
- English surnames from patronymics
- en:Biblical characters
- en:Individuals
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɛl
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɛl/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech given names
- Czech male given names
- Czech male given names from Hebrew
- Czech masculine animate nouns
- Czech hard masculine animate nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Danish male given names from Hebrew
- da:Biblical characters
- da:Individuals
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑbriel
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑbriel/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish male given names from Biblical Hebrew
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Biblical characters
- fi:Individuals
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French given names
- French male given names
- French male given names from Hebrew
- fr:Biblical characters
- fr:Individuals
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- de:Biblical characters
- German given names
- German male given names
- German male given names from Hebrew
- de:Individuals
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin nouns with multiple declensions
- Latin indeclinable nouns
- Latin masculine indeclinable nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Biblical characters
- Norman lemmas
- Norman proper nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Norman given names
- Norman male given names
- Norman male given names from Hebrew
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Norwegian male given names from Hebrew
- no:Biblical characters
- no:Individuals
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/abrjɛl
- Rhymes:Polish/abrjɛl/2 syllables
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish given names
- Polish male given names
- Polish male given names from Latin
- Polish male given names from Ancient Greek
- Polish male given names from Biblical Hebrew
- pl:Biblical characters
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish proper noun forms
- pl:Individuals
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛl
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛl/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛw
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛw/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese proper nouns with plurals
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- Portuguese male given names from Hebrew
- pt:Christianity
- pt:Judaism
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak personal nouns
- Slovak given names
- Slovak male given names
- Slovak male given names from Hebrew
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/el
- Rhymes:Spanish/el/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish male given names
- Spanish male given names from Hebrew
- es:Biblical characters
- es:Individuals
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Swedish/ɛl
- Rhymes:Swedish/ɛl/3 syllables
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
- Swedish male given names from Hebrew
- sv:Biblical characters
- sv:Individuals
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/el
- Rhymes:Tagalog/el/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
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- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Biblical characters
- Tagalog given names
- Tagalog male given names
- Tagalog male given names from Hebrew
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Spanish