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angel_of_death

angel of death

English

Noun

angel of death ‎(plural angels of death)

Azrael.
A personification of death in fiction and in art.
A type of serial killer, who is employed as caregiver and kills people under their care.

Synonyms

death angel
(type of serial killer): angel of mercy

Translations

personification of death in fiction and in art

Arabic: مَلَاك اَلْمَوْت m ‎(malāk al-mawt)
Bashkir: үлем фәрештәһе ‎(ülem färeštähe)
Bulgarian: а́нгел на смъ́ртта m ‎(ángel na smǎ́rtta)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 死神 (zh) ‎(sǐshén) (lit.: God of death)
Danish: dødsengel c
Dutch: engel des doods m
Finnish: kuolemanenkeli
French: ange de la mort (fr) m
German: Todesengel (de) m
Greek: άγγελος θανάτου m ‎(ángelos thanátou)
Hebrew: מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת (he) m ‎(mal'ách hamávet)
Hungarian: halál angyala
Icelandic: maðurinn með ljáinn m, dauðinn m, engill dauðans m

Italian: angelo della morte m
Japanese: 死神 ‎(しにがみ, shinigami) (lit.: God of death)
Kazakh: өлім періштесі ‎(ölim periştesi)
Korean: 사신 (ko) ‎(sasin) (死神 (ko))
Portuguese: anjo da morte m
Romanian: îngerul morții m
Russian: а́нгел сме́рти (ru) m ‎(ángel smérti), смерть (ru) f ‎(smertʹ)
Spanish: ángel de la muerte m
Swedish: dödsängel n
Turkish: ölüm meleği
Vietnamese: tử thần (vi) (死神), thần chết
Yiddish: מלאך־המות m ‎(malakhamoves)

type of serial killer

Finnish: kuolemanenkeli

Hungarian: halál angyala