angol

From Hungarian anglus (“English”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. First attested in 1791.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒŋɡol]

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Hyphenation: an‧gol

angol (not generally comparable, comparative angolabb, superlative legangolabb)

1. English (of or relating to England or its people)
2. English (English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England)

angol (countable and uncountable, plural angolok)

1. an Englishman or Englishwoman, when in the plural the English (a native or inhabitant of England; a person who is English by ancestry, birth, descent or naturalisation)
2. English (language)

• Anglia

• angol in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• angol in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

• angul, angel, anġil, anċġel, ongel

From Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz (“fishhook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkulós (“bent, crooked”). Cognate with Old Frisian *ongel, Old Saxon angul, Old High German angul, Old Norse ǫngull, and outside of Germanic, with Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “bent, crooked”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.ɡol/, [ˈɑŋ.ɡol]

angol m

1. fishhook

Strong a-stem:

• angoltwæċċa
• angoltwæċċe

• (possibly) Angel, Engle
• *anglian

• Middle English: angel, angell
  • Scots: angell, angel
  • English: angle

• Angol

From Anglia + -ol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡɔl/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡɔl
• Syllabification: an‧gol
• Homophone: Angol

angol m pers

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory, ethnic slur) Englishman

   Synonym: Brytol

angol m animal

1. (education, student slang) English (subject of study)

• “angol”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

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• IPA^(key): /a.ŋol/

angol

1. dizzy; confused

   Synonym: penin

   Angol gilak palak mek tok.

   My head aches so bad.

2. frustrated

   Angol ku ngan biak ya koh.

   I'm so frustrated with that kid.