Ariel

See also: ariel

English

Alternative forms

• Arielle (for female name only)

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) +‎ אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”).

• (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of William Lassell, though it is uncertain if Herschel devised the names, or if Lassell did so and then sought Herschel’s permission. Ariel is the name of the leading sylph in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and also the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹiəl/
• (Received Pronunciation, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹɪəl/, /ˈɛəɹiəl/
• Homophones: aerial, areal
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl

Proper noun

Ariel (plural Ariels)

1. (biblical) A name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 29:1:

     Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

2. A male given name from Hebrew, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 8:16:

     Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     :Scene ii:

     All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds; to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book CLX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy / The Atheist crew, but with redoubl’d blow / Ariel and Arioc, and the violence / Of Ramiel scorcht and blasted overthrew.

   • 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto:

     Of these am I, who thy Protection claim, / A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name.

   • 1979, Phyllis Chesler, With Child, Crowell, →ISBN, page 121:

     You don't look like a Daniel (your pre-chosen name). There's something fierce and tawny about you. You're the Lion! You're Ariel: God's Lion. You'll be my father Leon's namesake — and for your father, you'll have a Hebrew name.
     I dub thee Ariel, faery spirit of my tempest. You'll be my Jerusalem...

3. A female given name from Hebrew, used mainly since the 1980s.
   • 1992, Kristina Logan, The Right Man for Loving, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 190:

     "I'm going to name her Ariel," Laura said, ignoring them completely as she stared down at the baby. "The boys like the name because it's the same as the girl in the Little Mermaid movie. And I like it, because it's pretty."

   • 2018, Jen Kim, Love and…: Bad Boys, “The One” & Other Fun Ways to Sabotage Your Relationship, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

     All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come.

4. (astronomy) The brightest moon of the planet Uranus.
5. An Israeli settlement and city in the central West Bank.

Derived terms

• Arielian

Translations

name

• Finnish: Ariel (fi)
• Greek: Ἀριήλ (Ariḗl)
• Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל (he) m
• Italian: Ariele (it) m
• Marathi: एरियल (eriyal)
• Portuguese: Ariel (pt) m
• Russian: Ариэ́ль (ru) f (Ariélʹ)

moon of Uranus

• Finnish: Ariel (fi)
• French: Ariel (fr)
• German: Ariel m
• Italian: Ariele (it) m
• Japanese: アリエル (ja) (Arieru)
• Marathi: एरियल (eriyal)
• Polish: Ariel (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ariel (pt) f
• Russian: Ариэ́ль (ru) f (Ariélʹ)
• Spanish: Ariel (es)

Anagrams

• raile, Reali, Liera, lirae, Alire, ailer

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Ariel. Also from Spanish Ariel. Both from Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) +‎ אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”).

The female given name is from Ariel, the titular character of the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid.

Proper noun

Ariel

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]
2. a female given name
3. (astronomy) Ariel; one of the moons of Uranus
4. (biblical) Ariel (a name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine)
5. the archangel Ariel
6. A city in the central West Bank

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Ariel.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːʁi̯eːl/

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈaːʁi̯ɛl/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Ariel

1. (biblical) Ariel, a name for the city of Jerusalem
2. (astronomy) Ariel, a moon of Uranus

See also

• Uranus
• Ariel, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ariel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rjɛl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arjɛl
• Syllabification: A‧riel

Proper noun

Ariel m pers

1. (astronomy) Ariel (brightest moon of the planet Uranus)

Declension

Declension of Ariel

	singular	plural
nominative	Ariel	Ariele/Arile (deprecative)
genitive	Arila	Arili
dative	Arilowi	Arilom
accusative	Arila	Arili
instrumental	Arilem	Arilami
locative	Arilu	Arilach
vocative	Arilu	Ariele

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Further reading

• Ariel in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾiˈɛw/ [a.ɾɪˈɛʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aˈɾjɛw/ [aˈɾjɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾjɛl/ [ɐˈɾjɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾjɛl/ [ɐˈɾjɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾjɛ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧el

Proper noun

Ariel m or f (plural Ariéis)

1. a unisex given name, equivalent to English Ariel

Proper noun

Ariel f

1. (astronomy) Ariel (moon of Uranus)
2. Ariel (a city in the West Bank)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾjel/ [aˈɾjel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: A‧riel

Proper noun

Ariel m

1. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew

Turkish

Proper noun

Ariel

1. (astronomy) Ariel

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarjɛl/

Proper noun

Ariel m

1. a male given name from arial (“vigour”), variant of Arial

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ariel

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Ariel	unchanged	unchanged	Hariel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 20 of 192