daniel
Syllables: Dan·ielUK/ˈdænjəl/US/ˈdænjəl/
daniel noun: the buttocks.
Noun (1)
daniel (plural daniels)
- The buttocks.
- He'd pull the chair out from under some dignified dowager and catch her just before she went to fall on her daniel […]1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tea Don’t Do You that Way”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 85
Proper noun capitalized: Daniel
Daniel
- A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
- Synonyms:
- Dan.
- The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
- Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of Lions: now the king spake and saide vnto Daniel; Thy God, whom thou seruest continually, he will deliuer thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Daniel 6:16
- A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.
- "His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel...1989, John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Corgi Books, →ISBN, page 55
- Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices. Daniel found one called the Creole could help him access vast swathes of visual, color-coded data, opening a...2017 October 10, Vanessa Potter, “My sudden synesthesia: how I went blind and started hearing colors”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025
- A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.
- A French surname originating as a patronymic.
- A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.
- A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill (“O'Donnell”), from Ó (“descendant”) + Domhnaill (“of Domhnall”).
- A village in central Poland.
- A town in Wasatch County, Utah, United States.
- A census-designated place in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.
Noun (2) capitalized: Daniel
Daniel (plural Daniels)
- A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.
- A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! / O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
daniel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
daniel in Hindi
- डेनियल, डैनियल, डेनिएल
daniel in Tamil
- டேனியல், டானியல்
daniel in Marathi
- डॅनियल, डॅनिएल, डेनियल
daniel in Urdu
- ڈینیل, ڈینیئل, دانیال
More languagesFewer languages
- daniel in Bengali
- ড্যানিয়েল, ডেনিয়েল, দানিয়েল
- daniel in Telugu
- డేనియల్, డానియల్, డానియెల్
- daniel in Malayalam
- ഡാനിയേൽ, ഡാനിയൽ
- daniel in Kannada
- ಡೇನಿಯಲ್, ಡ್ಯಾನಿಯಲ್, ಡೇನಿಯೆಲ್
- daniel in Punjabi
- ਡੈਨੀਅਲ, ਡੇਨਿਯਲ, ਡੈਨਿਯਲ
- daniel in Gujarati
- ડેનિયલ, ડેનિએલ, ડેનિઅલ
- daniel in Odia
- ଡାନିଏଲ, ଡେନିଯ଼େଲ, ଡାନିଏଲ୍
- daniel in Nepali
- डेनियल, ड्यानियल, डेनिएल
Examples of daniel in a sentence
- Daniel is amazing, wonderful, fantastic, and many other superlatives I can’t think of right now!
- Daniel Boone's sharpshooting earned him a place in the annals of the American west.
- Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.
Synonyms of daniel
Forms of daniel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | daniels |
| plural | Daniels |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Danis |
| alternative form | Daneau |
| alternative form | Danel |
| alternative form | Danès |
| alternative form | Danet |
| alternative form | Daniau |
| alternative form | Deniau |
| alternative form | Deniaud |
| alternative form | Deniel |
| alternative form | Dennel |
| alternative form | Dany |
| alternative form | Daniellot |
| alternative form | Daniélou |
Origin of daniel
From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
Words formed from daniel
Phrases with daniel
Words that rhyme with daniel
Questions about daniel
- What does daniel mean?
- Daniel means the buttocks.
- What is daniel in Hindi?
- Daniel in Hindi is डेनियल, डैनियल, डेनिएल. See Daniel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is daniel?
- Daniel can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce daniel?
- Daniel is pronounced /ˈdænjəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of daniel?
- The plural of daniel is daniels.
Words near daniel in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: daniel (page history and authors); Daniel (page history and authors); daniel (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daniel (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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