ange

See also: Ange and änge

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

• ange déchu
• ange gardien
• archange
• discuter du sexe des anges
• être aux anges
• faiseur d'anges
• faiseuse d'anges
• part des anges
• saut de l'ange
• un ange passe

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: zanj

See also

• diable
• démon

Further reading

• “ange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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/, [ˈɑŋ.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

Declension of ange — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ange	angu, ango	ange
Accusative	angne	ange	ange
Genitive	anges	angre	anges
Dative	angum	angre	angum
Instrumental	ange	angre	ange
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ange	anga, ange	angu, ango
Accusative	ange	anga, ange	angu, ango
Genitive	angra	angra	angra
Dative	angum	angum	angum
Instrumental	angum	angum	angum

Declension of ange — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	anga	ange	ange
Accusative	angan	angan	ange
Genitive	angan	angan	angan
Dative	angan	angan	angan
Instrumental	angan	angan	angan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	angan	angan	angan
Accusative	angan	angan	angan
Genitive	angra, angena	angra, angena	angra, angena
Dative	angum	angum	angum
Instrumental	angum	angum	angum

Related terms

• engu

Descendants

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

Adverb

ange

1. sadly, anxiously

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ange”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second 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

Alternative scripts

• aṅge (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• अङ्गे (Devanagari script)
• অঙ্গে (Bengali script)
• අඞ‍්ගෙ (Sinhalese script)
• အင်္ဂေ or ဢင်္ၷေ or ဢင်ၷေ (Burmese script)
• องฺเค or อังเค (Thai script)
• ᩋᩘᨣᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ອງ຺ເຄ or ອັງເຄ (Lao script)
• អង្គេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄋𑄴𑄉𑄬 (Chakma script)

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/

• Audio:

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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

Conjugation of ange (class 5 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	ange		anges
supine	angett		angetts
imperative	ange		—
imper. plural1	angen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	anger	angav	anges	angavs
ind. plural1	ange	angåvo	anges	angåvos
subjunctive2	ange	angåve	anges	angåves
present participle		angivande
past participle		angiven

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of angiva (class 5 strong, dated)

	active		passive
infinitive	angiva		angivas
supine	angivit		angivits
imperative	angiv		—
imper. plural1	angiven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	angiver	angav	angives	angavs
ind. plural1	angiva	angåvo	angivas	angåvos
subjunctive2	angive	angåve	angives	angåves
present participle		angivande
past participle		angiven

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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

Inflected forms of -ange

Noun class	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1/2	wange	bange	owange	abange
3/4	gwange	yange	ogwange	eyange
5/6	lyange	gange	eryange	agange
7/8	kyange	byange	ekyange	ebyange
9/10	yange	zange	eyange	ezange
11/10	rwange		orwange
12/14	kange	bwange	akange	obwange
13	—	twange	—	otwange
14/6	bwange	gange	obwange	agange
15/6	kwange		okwange
16	hange	—	ahange	—
18	mwange		omwange

See also

Tooro personal pronouns

class	person	independent	possessive	subject concord	object concord	combined forms
						na	ni
class 1	first	nyowe, nye	-ange	n-	-n-	nanyowe, nanye	ninyowe, ninye
	second	iwe	-awe	o-	-ku-	naiwe	niiwe
	third	uwe	-e	a-	-mu-	nawe	nuwe
class 2	first	itwe	-aitu	tu-	-tu-	naitwe	niitwe
	second	inywe	-anyu	mu-	-ba-	nainywe	niinywe
	third	abo	-abo	ba-	-ba-	nabo	nubo
class 3		gwo	-agwo	gu-	-gu-	nagwo	nugwo
class 4		yo	-ayo	e-	-gi-	nayo	niyo
class 5		lyo	-alyo	li-	-li-	nalyo	niryo
class 6		go	-ago	ga-	-ga-	nago	nugo
class 7		kyo	-akyo	ki-	-ki-	nakyo	nikyo
class 8		byo	-abyo	bi-	-bi-	nabyo	nibyo
class 9		yo	-ayo	e-	-gi-	nayo	niyo
class 10		zo	-azo	zi-	-zi-	nazo	nizo
class 11		rwo	-arwo	ru-	-ru-	narwo	nurwo
class 12		ko	-ako	ka-	-ka-	nako	nuko
class 13		two	-atwo	tu-	-tu-	natwo	nutwo
class 14		bwo	-abwo	bu-	-bu-	nabwo	nubwo
class 15		kwo	-akwo	ku-	-ku-	nakwo	nukwo
class 16		ho	-aho	ha-	-ha-	naho	nuho
class 17		(kwo)	N/A	ha- (...-yo)	-ha-	N/A	nukwo
class 18		(mwo)	-amwo	ha- (...-mu)	-ha-	N/A	numwo
reflexive		-enyini, -onyini	—		-e-	—

References

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