Emmanuel

English

Etymology

Variant of Immanuel.

Proper noun

Emmanuel (plural Emmanuels)

  1. Immanuel (Biblical figure whose birth is foretold).
    1. (Christianity) Immanuel (this figure, regarded by Christians as the Christ).
  2. A male given name of Biblical origin.
    • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, []”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
      ,Scene IV:
      Cade. What is thy name? / Clerk. Emmanuel. / Dick. They use to write it on the top of letters. 'Twill go hard with you.
    • 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:
      Some call their sons Emmanuel : this is too bold. The name is proper to Christ, therefore not to be communicated to any creature.

Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ma.nɥɛl/

Proper noun

Emmanuel

  1. (biblical) Immanuel
  2. A male given name.
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