angélique

See also: angelique, Angelique, and Angélique

English

A man playing the angélique, by Robert Bonnart

Alternative forms

• angelique

Etymology

Borrowed from French angélique. Doublet of angelic and angelique (“plant of the genus Angelica”).

Noun

angélique (plural angéliques)

1. A plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.

Synonyms

• angelica
• angel lute

Translations

bowl lute

• French: angélique (fr) f

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• Atlas of Plucked String Instruments

Anagrams

• equiangle

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angelicus, from angelus (“angel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʒe.lik/

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Adjective

angélique (plural angéliques)

1. (relational) angel; angelic
2. angelic (very well-behaved)

Related terms

• ange

des tiges d'angélique confites (Angelica archangelica L.) - candied angelica stems (1)

Noun

angélique f (plural angéliques)

1. (botany) angelica (Angelica)
2. A plucked bowl lute

Derived terms

• angélique des bois
• angélique des Pyrénées
• angélique officinale
• angélique sylvestre
• angélique vraie

Further reading

• “angélique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.