Christ
English
/kɹaɪst/
proper noun
Definitions
- The anointed one or messiah predicted in the Hebrew Bible.
- (Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy; often treated as a personal name.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Crist inherited from Old English Crist derived from Latin Christus (Christ) derived from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Christ, annointed, anointed, messiah, the annointed one).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Χριστός
Gloss
Christ, annointed, anointed, messiah, the annointed one
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Antichrist English
- Antichristic English
- Christard English
- Christcentric English
- Christcentrism English
- Christchurch English
- Christer English
- Christfollower English
- Christhood English
- Christic English
- Christicide English
- Christing English
- Christless English
- Christlessness English
- Christlike English
- Christlikeness English
- Christliness English
- Christly English
- Christmas English
- Christmas light English
- Christmas present English
- Christmasless English
- Christmaslike English
- Christmasly English
- Christmassy English
- Christmastide English
- Christmastime English
- Christmasy English
- Christological English
- Christologist English
- Christology English
- Christomania English
- Christophany English
- Christward English
- Christwards English
- antichrist English
- christfag English
- church English
- follower English
- unchristlike English
- Christiānus Latin
- Christus Latin
- Chrīstus Latin
- christianus Latin
- pseudochristus Latin
- Christologie German
- Christus German
- Cristo Italian
- cristo Italian
- Christus Dutch, Flemish
- christologie Dutch, Flemish
- Христос Russian
- Cristo Spanish, Castilian
- Χριστός Ancient Greek
- Χρῑστός Ancient Greek
- Christmasøya Norwegian Bokmål
- Christchurch Portuguese
- Cristo Portuguese
- xpto Portuguese
- クリスマス Japanese
- Christmasøya Norwegian Nynorsk
- Crist Old English
- Cristes mæsse Old English
- Crīst Old English
- Antecrist Middle English
- Crist Middle English
- Cristemasse Middle English
- Cristien Middle English
- Kristr Old Norse
- kristadelfiano Esperanto
- Krist Serbo-Croatian
- क्राइस्टचर्च Hindi
- क्रिसमस Hindi
- คริสต์มาส Thai
- Χρίστος Greek (modern)
- Χριστός Greek (modern)
- krismas Cebuano
- Crist Welsh
- Kerst Middle Dutch
- kerst Middle Dutch
- ☧ Translingual
- Críst Old Irish
- Krismis Afrikaans
- Kristus Faroese
- Christ Norman
- Cơ đốc Vietnamese
- ခရစ္စမတ် Burmese
- ခရစ် Burmese
- Christ Middle French
- 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- כריסטמס Hebrew (modern)
- מָשִׁיחַ Hebrew (modern)
- משיח Hebrew (modern)
- Cristo Old Portuguese
- 克賴斯特徹奇 Chinese
- 基督 Chinese
- Krismasi Swahili
- 크리스마스 Korean
- uKhisimusi Zulu
- Kraist Marshallese
- Kūraij Marshallese
- Kūrijm̧ōj Marshallese
- Krais Tok Pisin
- Krist Breton
- Krist Cornish
- கிறிஸ்து Tamil
- கிறிஸ்துமஸ் Tamil
- Crìsto Ligurian
- ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ Aramaic
- Kalikimaka Hawaiian
- Késhmish Navajo, Navaho
- ქრისტჱ Old Georgian
- ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ Kannada
- Kirsimati Hausa
- Χριστός grc-koi
- מָשִׁיחַ hbo
- Kirisimas Chuukese
- Kyesmis Hopi
- Kiritimati Gilbertese
- church
- Christic
- Christly
- follower
- Christer
- Christard
- Christmas
- christfag
- Christing
- Christmasy
- Antichrist
- Christless
- Christward
- Christlike
- antichrist
- Christhood
- Christwards
- Christmassy
- Christmasly
- Christology
- Christicide
- unchristlike
- Antichristic
- Christliness
- Christchurch
- Christophany
- Christomania
- Christmastide
- Christologist
- Christmastime
- Christmasless
- Christcentric
- Christmaslike
- Christlessness
- Christfollower
- Christological
- Christlikeness
- Christcentrism
- Christmas light
- Christmas present