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Arial - What does it mean?

'Arial' is a common misspelling of 'Ariel'


The correct spelling of 'Ariel'

ends with the letters 'el'.

This incorrect spelling 'Arial'

ends with the letters 'al'.

'Arial' Spelling Rule

The endings '-el' and '-al' are often confused. The ending of 'Ariel' instead of 'Arial' has been determined by a mixture of which language the root word originated from (French, German, Latin, Greek, etc). The -al endings generally correspond to Latin.

Definition of 'Ariel' not 'Arial'

English

Alternative forms

* Arielle (for female name only)

Proper noun

(en-proper noun)
  • (biblical) A name for the city of Jerusalem.
  • * :
    • Woe to Ariel', to ' Ariel , the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
  • , also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
  • * :
    • Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel , for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
  • * :Scene 2:
    • All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds; to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality.
  • * 1667 :
    • Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy / The Atheist crew, but with redoubl’d blow / Ariel and Arioc, and the violence / Of Ramiel scorcht and blasted overthrew.
  • * 1714 :
    • Of these am I, who thy Protection claim, / A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name.
  • * 1979 , With Child , Crowell, ISBN 0690018355, page 121:
    • You don't look like a Daniel (your pre-chosen name). There's something fierce and tawny about you. You're the Lion! You're Ariel : God's Lion. You'll be my father Leon's namesake — and for your father, you'll have a Hebrew name.
    I dub thee Ariel , faery spirit of my tempest. You'll be my Jerusalem...
  • , used mainly since the 1980s.
  • * 1992 Kristina Logan, The Right Man for Loving , Thorndike Press, ISBN 1560545380, page 190:
    • "I'm going to name her Ariel ," Laura said, ignoring them completely as she stared down at the baby. "The boys like the name because it's the same as the girl in the Little Mermaid movie. And I like it, because it's pretty."
  • (astronomy) Name of the twelfth and brightest moon of the planet Uranus.

    • Derived terms

    * Arielian ----

    English words similar to 'Arial':

    Arwel, Arial, Ariel