angelet

English

Etymology

From Middle English angelet, aungelet, from Old French angelet.

Noun

angelet (plural angelets)

  1. (historical) A small gold coin once used in England; a half angel.
  2. (rare) A little angel.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for angelet in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

àngel + -et

Pronunciation

Noun

angelet m (plural angelets)

  1. cherub (angel depicted as a child)
  2. little angel (innocent child)
  3. wood white (Leptidea sinapis)
  4. (botany) pappus
    Synonym: vil·là

Further reading


French

Etymology

ange + -elet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃ʒ.lɛ/
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Noun

angelet m (plural angelets)

  1. Diminutive of ange: little angel

Further reading


German

Pronunciation

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Verb

angelet

  1. second-person plural subjunctive I of angeln
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