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archangel
/ˌɑɹˈkeɪndʒəl/
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ar-KAYN-juhl: join the k to the long a.
The ch is pronounced k, and the g has the j sound of “angel.” In ar-KAYN-juhl, the main stress falls on KAYN.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The painting shows an archangel holding a trumpet.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does archangel mean?
noun
- A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
- Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”).
proper noun
- A surname.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- (dated) Dated form of Arkhangelsk: a city in northwestern Russia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɑɹˈkeɪndʒəl/
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Everybody in English Literature seemed to know about him, and the whole class laughed because I thought he was an archangel.
After he had received all the instructions from the archangel, God revealed unto him great secrets, which even the angels do not know.
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Worsley was sent across to the Archangel front, where he did excellent work, and the others served with me on the Murmansk front.
Do you think the archangel Gabriel thinks anything the less of me, because I promptly and respectfully obey that old hunks in that particular instance?
Well, these are useless complaints; I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean, nor even here in Archangel, among merchants and seamen.