ange

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ange, angle, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Doublet of angélus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ʒ/

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Noun

ange m (plural anges)

1. angel
   • 2021, Angèle, Démons:

     Comme un ange en enfer, j’oublie mon nom.

     Like an angel in Hell, I forget my name.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: zanj

See also

• diable
• démon

Further reading

• “ange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• gêna
• nage, nagé

Latin

Verb

ange

1. second-person singular present active imperative of angō

References

• ange in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ange, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanɡ(ə)/, /ˈaːnɡ(ə)/

Adjective

ange

1. vexed

Noun

ange (plural anges)

1. vexation, trouble, pain

Descendants

• ⇒ English: agnail, hangnail
• ⇒ Yola: angish

References

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French angle, ange, angre, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

ange m (plural anges)

1. (Jersey, religion) angel
2. (Jersey) moth

Synonyms

• (moth): cahuche, papillon d'niet

Derived terms

• hèrbe ès anges (“silvery hair-grass, silver hair-grass”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse angi.

Alternative forms

• angje, ångje, aangje

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑnjə/, /²ɑŋ.ŋə/

Noun

ange m (definite singular angen, indefinite plural angar, definite plural angane)

1. a sweet odour; a good smell

   Synonym: duft

Etymology 2

From Old Norse anga.

Alternative forms

• anga

Verb

ange (present tense angar, past tense anga, past participle anga, passive infinitive angast, present participle angande, imperative ange/ang)

1. (intransitive) to smell good

   Synonyms: dufte, lukte

References

• “ange” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• agen, egna, enga, gane, gena, nage

Old English

Alternative forms

• ænge, enge, onge
• ang- (combining form, prefix)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.ɡe/,

Adjective

ange

1. narrow, confined, tight

   Ufan hit is enge

   It is narrow above

2. vexed, troubled, anxious, sorrowful

   Ðā wæs ðām cynge swīðe ange on his mōde

   Then the king was very troubled in his mind

3. painful, grievous, cruel

   Sē enga dēað

   The cruel death

Declension

Related terms

• engu

Descendants

• Middle English: ange
  • ⇒ English: agnail, hangnail
  • ⇒ Yola: angish

Adverb

ange

1. sadly, anxiously

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ange”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Noun

ange oblique singular, m (oblique plural anges, nominative singular anges, nominative plural ange)

1. Alternative form of angle

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ange

1. locative singular of anga

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ángel, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

ange

1. angel

References

• Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎ (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• angiva (dated)

Etymology

an- +‎ ge, shortened form of angiva, from German angeben

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanˌjeː/

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Verb

ange (present anger, preterite angav, supine angett, imperative ange)

1. to indicate; to point out
2. to turn in (someone); to point someone out for the police, as being guilty of a crime

Conjugation

Derived terms

• angivare
• angiveri

Further reading

• ange in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• Agne, agen, egna, gena

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /áːŋɡe/

Pronoun

-ange (declinable)

1. my (first-person singular possessive pronoun)

Usage notes

• This modifier, when used in the indefinite forms, causes the word before it to lose its high tone.

Inflection

See also

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 417