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Raphael

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See also: Raphaël

English

Etymology

Latin Raphael. From Koine Greek Ῥᾱφᾱήλ (Rhāphāḗl), from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl, literally God cures/has healed).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹæf.eɪˌɛl/, /ˈɹæf.eɪ.əl/, /ˈɹæf.ɪ.əl/, /ˌɹæf.aɪˈɛl/, /ˌɹɑː-/, /ˈɹɑː-/
  • (chiefly US) IPA(key): /ˌɹɑ.faɪˈɛl/, /ˌɹæf.aɪˈɛl/, /ˈɹæf.i.əl/, /ˈɹɑ.fi.əl/, /-eɪ-/
  • (certain Carolina accents) IPA(key): /ˈɹæf.ɛəl/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Proper noun

Raphael (countable and uncountable, plural Raphaels)

  1. An archangel in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
  2. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. (art) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, an Italian Renaissance painter (1483–1520).

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German

Etymology

From Latin Raphael, from Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Raphael m (proper noun, strong, genitive Raphaels or Raphael)

  1. Raphael (biblical character)
  2. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, feminine equivalent Rafaela, Raffaela, Raphaela, or Raphaella; variant form Rafael

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Koine Greek Ῥᾱφᾱήλ (Rhāphāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rāphāēl m sg (genitive Rāphāēlis); third declension

  1. Raphael (biblical character)
    • 1596, Missale iuxta ritum fratrum ordinis Praedicatorum [] , votive Mass of Saint Raphael:
      In honorem Sancti Raphaelis psallat militans Ecclesia, qui virtute Dei Patris, ligauit daemona, et Tobiae visum reddidit, quo priuatus fuerat.
      Let the church militant sing to the honour of Saint Raphael, who bound demons by the power of God the Father, and gave Tobias back his sight, of which he had been deprived.
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Raphael

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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