Definition/Meaning of Michael

• English - Proper noun: Michael (countable and uncountable, plural Michaels) (countable) A male given name from Hebrew. 2015 August 25, Sue Grafton, X, Penguin, →ISBN, page 277: He looked more like a Michael ; big guy, dark-haired, good posture, his back ramrod straight. 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed: The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212: Yea, it seems to me not fit for…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English Michael , from Old French Michel , Old English Michahel , from their source Latin Michaēl , Michāhēl , from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִי כָ אֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Doublet of Miguel and Mikhail .
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈmaɪkəl/ , [ˈmɐɪ.kɫ̩] , /ˈmaɪɡəl/ , [ˈmɐɪ.ɡɫ̩] Rhymes: -aɪkəl
• English - Synonyms: Provost of Heaven Provost of Paradise Saint Michael
• English - Derived terms: Creech St Michael Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels Kirkmichael Kirk Michael Michael acceptor Michael addition Michael Corleone Michael donor Michaelite Michael Jordan Michaelmas Michael reaction Michaels Michaelson Saint Michael Saint Michaels St Michael St Michael Caerhays St Michael Penkevil St Michael Penkivel St Michael's St Michael's Mount St Michael's on Wyre Stoke St Michael take the…