different between virginal vs angelic

English

Etymology

From Middle French virginal, from Latin virgin?lis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.

Adjective

virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)

1. Being or resembling a virgin.
2. Uncontaminated or pure.
3. (zoology) parthenogenetic

Translations

Noun

virginal (plural virginal or virginals)

1. (music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.

Translations

Anagrams

• rivaling

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?.?i.nal/

Adjective

virginal (feminine singular virginale, masculine plural virginaux, feminine plural virginales)

1. virginal

Noun

virginal m (plural virginaux)

1. virginal

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Adjective

virginal m or f (plural virginais, comparable)

1. virginal (relating to virgins)
2. virgin: immaculate; chaste; untouched

   Synonyms: virgem, casto, imaculado

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:virginal.

Related terms

• virgem
• virgindade

Noun

virginal m (plural virginais)

1. virginal (instrument)

Romanian

Etymology

From French virginal, from Latin virginalus.

Adjective

virginal m or n (feminine singular virginal?, masculine plural virginali, feminine and neuter plural virginale)

1. virginal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

virginal (plural virginales)

1. virginal

English

Alternative forms

• angelick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English an?el??, engell??, englel??, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (angelikós, “of or for a messenger”), from ??????? (ángelos, “angel”). Equivalent to angel +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n-j?l?-?k, IPA^(key): /æn?d??l?k/

Adjective

angelic (comparative more angelic, superlative most angelic)

1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
2. Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.

   an angelic child

3. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.

   an angelic ester

4. (topology) A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.

Synonyms

• (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel): angelical, angellike, angelly, heavenly, divine

Derived terms

• angelicness

Translations

Anagrams

• Galenic, galenic

Romanian

Etymology

From French angélique, from Latin angelicus.

Adjective

angelic m or n (feminine singular angelic?, masculine plural angelici, feminine and neuter plural angelice)

1. angelic

Declension