michel
/mɪˈʃɛl/
michel is the obsolete form of mickle.
Meaning of mickle
Adjective
mickle (comparative more mickle, superlative most mickle)
- (Very) great or large.
- Oh mickle is the powerfull grace that lies / In hearbes, plants, ſtones, and their true qualities: / For nought ſo vile, that vile on earth doth liue, / But to the earth ſome ſpeciall good doth giue: […]c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]
- Synonyms:
- muckle
Proper noun capitalized: Michel
Michel (plural Michels)
- A male given name from French, equivalent to English Michael.
Forms of michel
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more michel |
| superlative | most michel |
| Noun | |
| plural | michels |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Michels |
Origin of michel
Either a reborrowing of French Michel or a continuation (with pronunciation influenced by Modern French) of Middle English Michel, both from Old French Michel, from Latin Michāēl, borrowed from Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michael, Miguel, and Mikhail.
Words that rhyme with michel
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hell
- hotel
- repel
- smell
- cartel
- dell
- pell
- quell
- as well
- au naturel
- dwell
- expel
- fell
- gel
- La Rochelle
- lol
- oversell
- stell
- wel
- ABDL
- dispel
- ell
- kell
- knell
- mell
- personnel
- quenelle
- snell
- undersell
- yell
- belle
- death knell
- del
- farewell
- flotel
- foretell
- gazelle
- impel
- mademoiselle
- marcel
- mel
- morell
- Moselle
- motel
- NFL
- overswell
- propel
- pucelle
Questions about michel
- What does michel mean?
- Michel means a male given name from French, equivalent to English Michael.
- What is michel the obsolete form of?
- Michel is the obsolete form of mickle.
- What part of speech is michel?
- Michel is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce michel?
- Michel is pronounced /mɪˈʃɛl/.
Words near michel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: michel (page history and authors); Michel (page history and authors); mickle (page history and authors). 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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