Michel

From French Michel.

Michel (plural Michels)

1. A surname from French

• Gros Michel

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• IPA^(key): /miˈʃɛl/

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Michel ?

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Michael

From Latin Michāēlem, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God?”). Cognate with English Michael, Spanish Miguel, Italian Michele.

• IPA^(key): /mi.ʃɛl/

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Michel m

1. (biblical) Michael, the Archangel
2. a male given name of biblical origin
3. a surname originating as a patronymic

• banane Gros Michel

• male given names: Michaël, Mickaël, Jean-Michel
• female given names: Michaëlle (Michaelle, Michaele, Michaèle, Michaële), Michèle, Michelle, Micheline

Popular form of Michael with reduction of unstressed syllables.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪçəl/

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Michel m (proper noun, strong, genitive Michels or (with an article) Michel)

1. a male given name, variant of Michael

der Michel m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Michel or des Michels)

1. (also Deutscher Michel) a stereotypical representation of the German people, since the 19th century mainly associated with political passiveness and naiveté, portrayed as a man with a nightcap (and sometimes a pipe and/or wooden clogs)

Michel m (strong, genitive Michel or Michels, plural Michel or Michels)

1. (mildly derogatory) the average German
2. (derogatory) a good-natured simpleton, naive person

• “Michel” in Duden online
• “Michel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• Michal, Michael, Miȝhel, Mihal, Mihel, Mychael, Myghel, Myghell, Myȝhel

From Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, and their source Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

• (from Old English) IPA^(key): /ˈmixəl/, /ˈmiːxəl/
• (from French) IPA^(key): /mitʃaːˈɛːl/, /miˈtʃɛːl/, /ˈmitʃɛl/
• (from Latin) IPA^(key): /miːkaːˈɛːl/, /miːˈkɛːl/, /ˈmiːkɛl/

Michel

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael
2. a patrynomic surname transferred from the given name
3. The Archangel Michael.

• Michelmasse

• English: Michael, Mitchell, Myall, Myell
• Scots: Michael

• “Mī̆ghel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from French Michel. Doublet of Miguel, Maicol, Maicon, and Micael.

Michel m

1. a male given name from French

• Michele