Gabriel
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪbɹi.əl/
Audio (UK) (file)
Proper noun
Gabriel
- 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,
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- A surname originating as a patronymic.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡabrɪɛl]
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
Proper noun
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Faroese
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Gabriel: Gabrielsson
- daughter of Gabriel: Gabrielsdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Gabriel |
Accusative | Gabriel |
Dative | Gabrieli |
Genitive | Gabriels |
Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ(ː)briel/, [ˈɡɑ̝(ː)brie̞l]
- Rhymes: -ɑbriel
- Syllabification(key): gab‧ri‧el
Proper noun
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Declension
Inflection 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 | ||
instructive | — | Gabrielein | ||
abessive | Gabrielitta | Gabrieleitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.bʁi.jɛl/
Proper noun
Gabriel m
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Related terms
- female given name: Gabrielle
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: Gaabi
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡaːbʀiˌeːl]
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el
Proper noun
Gabriel
- (biblical) Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Related terms
- feminine form: Gabriele
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.eːl/, [ˈɡäbrieːɫ̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.bri.el/, [ˈɡäːbriel]
Proper noun
Gabriēl m sg (variously declined, genitive Gabriēl or Gabriēlis); indeclinable, third declension
Declension
Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Gabriēl |
Genitive | Gabriēl Gabriēlis |
Dative | Gabriēl Gabriēlī |
Accusative | Gabriēl Gabriēlem |
Ablative | Gabriēl Gabriēle |
Vocative | Gabriēl |
Descendants
- → Albanian: Gabriel
- → Catalan: Gabriel, Biel
- → Czech: Gabriel
- → Danish: Gabriel
- → Dutch: Gabriël
- Afrikaans: Gabriël
- → English: Gabriel
- → Hawaiian: Kapeliela
- → Maori: Kaperiere
- → 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
- Gabriel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norman
Norwegian
Proper noun
Gabriel
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡa.brjɛl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -abrjɛl
- Syllabification: Ga‧briel
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin Gabriēl, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (Gaḇrīʾḗl), from גֶּבֶר (géver) + אֵל (ʾēl).
Proper noun
Gabriel m pers (diminutive Gabryś, feminine Gabriela)
- a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Gabriel
- (biblical) Gabriel (archangel)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡa.bɾiˈɛw/ [ɡa.bɾɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ɡaˈbɾjɛw/ [ɡaˈbɾjɛʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.bɾiˈɛl/ [ɡɐ.βɾiˈɛɫ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɐˈbɾjɛl/ [ɡɐˈβɾjɛɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
- Hyphenation: Ga‧bri‧el
Proper noun
Gabriel m (plural Gabriéis)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- (Christianity, Judaism) Gabriel (archangel who carries messages from God)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡabri̯el]
Proper noun
Gabriel m anim (genitive singular Gabriela, nominative plural Gabrielovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Declension
Further reading
- Gabriel in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈbɾjel/ [ɡaˈβ̞ɾjel]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: Ga‧briel
Proper noun
Gabriel m
- Gabriel (Archangel)
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɑːbrɪɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Proper noun
Gabriel c (genitive Gabriels)
- Gabriel (Archangel).
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
Related terms
- female given name: Gabriella
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Gab‧ri‧el
- IPA(key): /ɡabɾiˈel/, [ɡɐbˈɾjɛl]
Proper noun
Gabriél
- (biblical) Gabriel
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel
- a surname from Spanish
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gabriel is the 108th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 54,263 individuals.