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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-guardian angel.ogg Forms: guardian angels [plural]
Etymology: guardian + angel Head templates: {{en-noun}} guardian angel (plural guardian angels)
  1. (religion) A tutelary angel watching over a particular person in monotheistic contexts. Categories (topical): Religion Hypernyms: spirit Hypernyms (tutelary spirit): angel Derived forms: don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly Related terms: daimon, genius, genius hominis, tutelary deity (english: similar concepts in polytheistic contexts)
    Sense id: en-guardian_angel-en-noun-HYFIJTcJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 45 55 Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'tutelary spirit': 98 2
  2. (figuratively) A person who benevolently watches over another. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (person): 守護天使 (Chinese Mandarin), 守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), suojelija (Finnish), ange gardien [masculine] (French), őrangyal (Hungarian), anioł stróż [masculine] (Polish), anjo da guarda [masculine] (Portuguese), anjel strážny (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-guardian_angel-en-noun-zq3qhwdd Disambiguation of Christianity: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Oromo translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Oromo translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'person': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms (protector): caretaker, tutelary Translations (spirit): beskermengel (Afrikaans), مَلَاك حَارِس (malāk ḥāris) [masculine] (Arabic), պահապան հրեշտակ (pahapan hreštak) (Armenian), 守護天使 (Chinese Mandarin), 守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), qoruyıcı melek (Crimean Tatar), anděl strážný (Czech), anděl strážce (Czech), skytsengel (Danish), beschermengel [masculine] (Dutch), engelbewaarder [masculine] (Dutch), gardanĝelo (Esperanto), kaitseingel (Estonian), verndareingil [masculine] (Faroese), suojelusenkeli (Finnish), ange gardien [masculine] (French), Schutzengel [masculine] (German), φυλακάγγελος (fylakángelos) [masculine] (Greek), પાલક દેવદૂત (pālak devdūt) (Gujarati), őrangyal (Hungarian), aingeal coimhdeachta [masculine] (Irish), angelo custode [masculine] (Italian), 守護天使 (shugotenshi) (alt: しゅごてんし) (Japanese), 수호천사 (suhocheonsa) (Korean), angelus custōs [masculine] (Latin), anahera kaitiaki (Maori), diyin naalʼaʼí naa áhályánígíí (Navajo), skytsengel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skytsengel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ergamaa ayyaanaa [masculine] (Oromo), فرشتهٔ نگهبان (ferešte-ye negahbân) (Persian), Schutzenjel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Anioł Stróż [masculine] (Polish), anjo da guarda [masculine] (Portuguese), înger păzitor (Romanian), а́нгел-храни́тель (ángel-xranítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), анђео чувар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anđeo čuvar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anjel strážny (Slovak), ángel protector [masculine] (Spanish), ángel de la guarda [masculine] (Spanish), ángel custodio [masculine] (Spanish), skyddsängel [common-gender] (Swedish), änglavakt (english: protection by a guardian angel in a dangerous situation) [common-gender] (Swedish), anghel na bantay (Tagalog), hilagyo (Tagalog), காவல் தேவதை (kāval tēvatai) (Tamil), koruyucu melek (Turkish), قوغدىغۇچى پەرىشتە (qoghdighuchi perishte) (Uyghur), thiên thần hộ mệnh. (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'protector': 48 52 Disambiguation of 'spirit': 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "word": "thiên thần hộ mệnh."
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kāval tēvatai",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "காவல் தேவதை"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "koruyucu melek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "qoghdighuchi perishte",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "قوغدىغۇچى پەرىشتە"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "spirit",
      "word": "thiên thần hộ mệnh."
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "守護天使"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒuhù tiānshǐ",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "守护天使"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "suojelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ange gardien"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "őrangyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anioł stróż"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anjo da guarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "anjel strážny"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Guardian angel (spirit)"
  ],
  "word": "guardian angel"
}

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