devil

Betekenis (Engels)

Name

The chief devil; Satan.

Noun

1. An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
2. A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
3. The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
4. A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
5. A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
6. (euphemistic) Hell.
7. A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
8. A printer's assistant.
9. (India) A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
10. A dust devil.
11. (dialectal, in-compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
12. A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
13. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.
14. A Tasmanian devil.
15. (slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
16. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel, on wooden boats”).

Verb

1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
2. To annoy or bother.
3. (intransitive) To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
4. To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
5. To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
6. To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
7. To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
8. To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.

Teenoorgestelde van

God, angel, god, conscience, saint, cakewalk, piece of cake

Sinonieme

demon

Satan

evil spirit

fiend

ghost

👻

satan

goblin

monster

deuce

imp

👿

spirit

vampire

🧛

vex

bastard

daemon

annoy

false god

get to

ogre

Daeva

god

Lucifer

bad spirit

evil

Devil

dickens

gravel

rag

get at

bother

chafe

rile

genie

🧞

nark

nettle

irritate

shaitan

Evil One

daimon

vile

tease

Beelzebub

demons

giant

ghoul

foul

beast

nat

incubus

heller

Vertalings

diable

Teufel

diablo

diavolo

duivel

demonio

diabo

διάβολος

demonio

démon

diable

Dämon

Satan

Satan

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdɛvəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: devil

Geërf van Old English: dēofol

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Düüwel

Verwante met Fries: duvel

Verwante met Nederlands: duivel

Verwante met Duits: Teufel

Verwante met Bavarian: Teifl

Verwante met Deens: djævel

Verwante met Sweeds: djävul

Verwante met Old Norse: djǫfull

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω (bắllō)
Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō)
Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor.
Latin diabolusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *diubul
Old English dēofol
Middle English devel
English devil
From Middle English devil, devel, deovel, from Old English dēofol, from Proto-West Germanic *diubul, from Latin diabolus, ultimately from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “false accuser, slanderer”), also as "Satan" (in Jewish/Christian usage, translating Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (śātān)), from διαβάλλω (diabállō, “to slander”), literally “to throw across”, from διά (diá, “through, across”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”). The Old English word was probably adopted under influence of Latin diabolus (itself from the Greek). Other Germanic languages adopted the word independently: compare Saterland Frisian Düüwel (“devil”), West Frisian duvel (“devil”), Dutch duivel, duvel (“devil”), German Low German Düvel (“devil”), German Teufel (“devil”), Bavarian Teifl (“devil”), Danish djævel (“devil”), Swedish djävul (“devil”) (older: djefvul, Old Swedish diævul, Old Norse djǫfull). Doublet of diable, diablo, and diabolus.