Raphael
pronunciation
How to pronounce Raphael in British English:
UK [ˈreifl, ˈræfeil]
How to pronounce Raphael in American English:
US [ˈræfiəl, ˈrefi-, ˌrɑfiˈɛl]
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- Noun:
- Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520)
- an archangel of the Hebrew tradition
Word Origin
- Raphael
- masc. proper name, Biblical archangel (Apocrypha), from Late Latin, from Greek Rhaphael, from Hebrew Repha'el, literally "God has healed," from rapha "he healed" + el "God." Raphaelesque (1832) is in reference to painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520). See Pre-Raphaelite.
Example
- 1. The unsigned painting was wrongly attributed to raphael .
- 2. This was the conclusion drawn by stephen raphael , a former bear board member .
- 3. He had a raphael in his room .
- 4. Do I look like raphael ?
- 5. It was this , more than raphael 's own work , that bothered the pre-raphaelites .