archangel

Other forms of archangel

plural

archangels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about archangel

What does archangel mean?

archangel means "an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in archangel?

archangel has 3 syllables: ar-chan-gel. The stress falls on "chan". In IPA it is /ˌɑɹˈkeɪndʒəl/.

What is another word for archangel?

Close synonyms include garden angelica, Angelica Archangelica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is archangel a common word?

archangel is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.