ange

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ʒ/

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Noun

ange m (plural anges)

1. angel

See also

• diable
• démon

Further reading

• “ange” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gêna
• nage, nagé

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, 1883–1887)

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

Alternative forms

• ænge, enge, onge

Adjective

ange

1. narrow, straightened, vexed, troubled, sorrowful

References

• ange in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of angle

Alternative forms

• angiva

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanˌjeː/

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Verb

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