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Christian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹɪstiən/
  • /ˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/
  • /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
  2. (nonstandard, not-comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians. ▸ Of, like or relating to Protestant Christians.
    • When asked whether they are Christian, some Catholics respond, “No. I am Catholic.” Many Catholics see the Christian question as an attempt to discover whether they have accepted Christ in a way that is more representative of a Protestant or evangelical experience. Saying, “No, I’m not Christian” can also be a way to assert a student’s distinctively Catholic identity, even though they know Catholics are Christian because they believe in Christ. 2019, Katie Brick, J. Cody Nielsen, Greg Jao, Eric Paul Rogers, John A. Monson, “Understanding Christian Students on Campus”, in Kathleen M. Goodman, Mary Ellen Giess, Eboo Patel, editors, Educating About Religious Diversity and Interfaith Engagement: A Handbook for Student Affairs, Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing, →ISBN:
    • While Christian churches allow lay believers in Jesus to do exorcism, Catholics limit the practice to selected priests. 2000 November 10, “The scourge of evil spirits”, in SCMP:
    • This is not to say that there is no discord within Christian and Catholic congregations on this issue. 2011, Denise Tse-Shang Tang, Conditional Spaces: Hong Kong Lesbian Desires and Everyday Life, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 67:
  3. (not-comparable) Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
  4. Kind, charitable; moral; a term of approbation.
    • Joyce […] must have found himself likewise in accord with Dante’s view that “The Goal of Mankind is Universal Peace,” a view to which Dante devoted an entire section of his treatise, and a view opposed to the protestant militancy of the more muscularly Christian Milton. 1995, Patrick Colm Hogan, Joyce, Milton, and the theory of influence, page 88:
    • Henry Irving and other Victorian actors easily created empathy for Shylock, even in a muscularly Christian period. 2010, Linda Woodbridge, English Revenge Drama: Money, Resistance, Equality, page 268:
    • “Besides this,” said the trapper, “it is hardly a Christian act to leave these two men to perish by the hands of the savages[…]” 1859, David W. Belisle, The American family Robinson, page 290:
    • I didn’t think it was very Christian of them, not to call back. Just downright Un-Christian. 1996 Nov-Dec, Richard Blow, “Al Franken”, in Mother Jones Magazine, volume 21, number 6:
    • So, in his esteem, an auto da fé — an “act of faith,” as the words mean — is really an act of faith — an act of such faith as the author of “Ecce Homo” approves — a most Christian act — a most humane act[…] 1867, Henry Shepheard, Ithuriel’s spear; or, Is this Christianity?, page 118:
    • “Why should I? It’s very Christian of you.” “People here do not think of me as a Christian, Mitti.” “I’d call it Christian charity,” I floundered. “You think Christians have a monopoly on charity?” she asked. “Well, no,” I stammered. 1981, Mary Leader, Salem’s Children, →ISBN, page 82:
    • I must say I have seen him do a very Christian act at the Fish River. Some Kafir women were there eating; he begged of them; they refused to give him any food. […] I gave him some of the victuals we were enjoying, and he instantly broke the bread, and gave of it to these very Kafir women who had just refused any of theirs. 1854, Nathaniel James Merriman, The Kafir, the Hottentot, and the frontier farmer, page 74:
    • Mood and hopes ran high. Onto the stage, into this mélange of black power, military symbolism, and Christian striving, walked Kathryn Johnson. 2009, Adriane Danette Lentz-Smith, Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I, page 209:
    • That’s very Christian of you.
    • I cannot help thinking there are people in the world who are very tiresome, very impertinent, and very disagreeable; yet, I don’t think it would be a very Christian act were I to tell them so. 1824, Susan Ferrier, The Inheritance:
    • I have only been at home two days, and here I am come on the third to see you and Tiny, so it is not Christian of you — as my mother would say — to receive your dutiful grand-nephew in such an unkind manner[…] c. 1867, Janet Robertson, Christine; or, Common-Place People:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
christian alternative, uncommon lexicographic
most Christian Degree=Sup lexicographic
Xtian Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
Xian Abbr=Yes alternative, derogatory, sometimes lexicographic
more Christian Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

sinful (antonym(s) of “charitable, moral”) · atheist (antonym(s) of “of or relating to Christianity or Christians”) · corrupt (antonym(s) of “charitable, moral”) · unjust (antonym(s) of “charitable, moral”) · non-Christian (antonym(s) of “of or relating to Christianity or Christians”) · pagan (antonym(s) of “of or relating to Christianity or Christians”) · improper (antonym(s) of “charitable, moral”) · immoral (antonym(s) of “charitable, moral”) · savage (antonym(s) of “charitable, moral”) · agnostic (antonym(s) of “of or relating to Christianity or Christians”) · heathen (antonym(s) of “of or relating to Christianity or Christians”)

Deriveds

Christian Universalism · Christian Brother · post-Christian · cultural Christian · Christian cross · even-Christian · Christian-like · Christian soldier · Christian right · Christian Bible · Christian metal · Christian Palestinian Aramaic · out-Christian · neo-Christian · Christian Identity · Christian name · Christian rap · Christian Iberia · Christian rock · Christian Zionism · Eastern Christian · Zio-Christian

Relateds

Mormon · fundamentalist · Muslim · Christlike · messiah · Jew · Catholic · Christianize · New Testament · Christianity · cretin · Christological · Protestant · Old Testament · Christian Malford

Synonyms

helpful (kind) · neighbourly (kind) · neighborly (kind) · charitable (kind) · sweet (kind) · kind (kind)

Translations (118)

sk kresťanský (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · th คริสเตียน (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · zza İsewi (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ps نصراني (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ro creștin (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · fax cristianu (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sh hrišćanski (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · he נוֹצְרִית (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · roa-leo cristianu (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · hi मसीही (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · scn cristianu (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · nl christelijk (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ga Críostúil (kind, moral) · hi क्रिश्चियन (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · pa ਇਸਾਈ (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · cmn 基督教 (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · da kristen (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · nb kristen (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · uz nasroniy (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · fa مَسیحی (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · rup crishtin (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · mk христијански (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · cs křesťanský (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ca cristià (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ba христиан (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · my ခရစ်ယာန် (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · tg насронӣ (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · is kristið (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · pl chrześcijański (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sh кршћански (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · uk христия́нський (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ar نَصْرَانِيّ (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ja キリスト教の (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · kmr Îsawî (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · rup crãshtin (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ug خرىستىئان (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ext cristianu (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · it cristiano (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · pt cristão (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · tet sarani (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · be хрысція́нскі (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · nb kristelig (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · tr Hristiyan (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · hi ईसाई (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ky христиандык (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · bn খ্রীষ্টান (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · tg исавӣ (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · fa نَصْرانی (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · an cristiano (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · hy քրիստոնեական (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · uz xristianlik (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · kmr Mesîhî (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · cy Cristnogol (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · id Nasrani (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ga Críostaí (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · nn kristeleg (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · uz xristian (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · hu keresztény (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sh kršćanski (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sw Kikristo (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · tk hristian (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · lv kristīgs (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sv kristlig (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sv kristen (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · tg масеҳӣ (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sl krščanski (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · gl cristián (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · bg христия́нски (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · lo ຄິດຕະສາສນິກກະຊົນ (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sq krishterë (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · lt krikščioniškas (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · nn kristen (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · fur cristian (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ru христиа́нский (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ml ക്രൈസ്തവ (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ky христиан (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · tk mesihi (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ang cristen (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ps مسيحي (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · fa عیسَوِی (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · gd Crìosdail (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · la Chrīstiānus (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · eo kristanisma (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · et kristlik (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · vo kritik (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · id Kristen (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · km គ្រិស្ទាន (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · he נוֹצְרִי (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · de christlich (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ka ქრისტიანული (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · eo kristana (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · yi קריסטלעך (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · vo kritanik (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · lad kristiano (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ko 그리스도교의 (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · la chrīstiānus (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · el χριστιανικός (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ga Críostúil (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · zza Xristiyan (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · sh хришћански (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ko 크리스트교의 (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · mwl crestiano (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ur نَصْرانِی (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ur عِیسائی (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ar مَسِيحِيّ (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ur مَسِیحی (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · fr chrétien (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · is kristin (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · fi kristillinen (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · kk христиандық (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · kmr Xiristiyan (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ps عيسوي (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · is kristinn (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · es cristiano (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · fi kristillinen (kind, moral) · az xristian (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · ast cristianu (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians) · kk христиан (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

Christian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹɪstiən/
  • /ˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/
  • /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A believer in Christianity.
    • […]thousands of people have been killed in recent years in violence between Muslims and Christians, in Nigeria and Indonesia in particular, but on a lesser scale in other regions as well. 2008, Christopher Catherwood, Making War in the Name of God, page 188:
    • The whole life of a good Christian is nothing else but a state of holy desire (sanctum desiderium). 1848, James Ford translating St. Augustine in The Gospel of St. Matthew, Illustrated from Ancient and Modern Authors, p. 46
    • In the year 144, the church declared Marcion of Sinope, a rich shipping magnate and part-time theologian, a heretic for declaring the God of the Hebrew scriptures to be inferior to the God of the New Testament. But despite this condemnation, popular Marcionism has continued ever since. You hear Christians lapse into it all the time with the lazy argument, "Oh, that's just the Old Testament", when confronted by the claim that the Bible is violent. 2013 October 7, Giles Fraser, “How the Mail Got It Wrong, Again...”, in The Guardian:
    • Shyl.... If a Iewe wrong a Christian, what is his humillity, reuenge? If a Christian wrong a Iewe, what should his sufferance be by Christian example, why reuenge? The villanie you teach me I will execute, and it shall goe hard but I will better the instruction. 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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
    • “Mahatma Gandhi, I am very anxious to see Christianity naturalized in India, so that it shall be no longer a foreign thing identified with foreign people and a foreign government, but a part of the national life of India... What would you suggest that we do to make that possible?” He very gravely and thoughtfully replied: “I would suggest, first, that all of you Christians, missionaries and all, must begin to live more like Jesus Christ.” 1925, E. Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Indian Road, page 118:
  2. (nonstandard) A believer in Christianity. ▸ An adherent of Christianity who is not a Catholic; a Protestant.
    • On the contrary, many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Christians and Catholics, including heterosexual allies of lesbians and gay Christians, of them, have voiced their opinions on the complicated issues of religion and sexuality. 2011, Denise Tse-Shang Tang, Conditional Spaces: Hong Kong Lesbian Desires and Everyday Life, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, pages 67–68:
    • Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, and any other dogma that you read about were warring, while fully in their deception from the Light of Truth. 2021, Yahonathan Daweed, Yahweh for Christians: I Am Original Words, Original Truth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 161:
    • In South Korea, the Mingjung Theology inspired Christians and Catholics to question the legitimacy of the authoritarian regime. 2012, Cheng-tian Kuo, “Institutional Choices of Church-State Relations in Chinese Societies”, in Baogang Guo, Chung-chian Teng, editors, Taiwan and the Rise of China: Cross-Strait Relations in the Twenty-first Century, Lanham: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 123:
    • Another way Christians and Catholics are perceived as anti-homosexual is via institutional oppression. 2022, Arthur David Canales, Pastoral Care to and Ministry with LGBTQ Youth and Young Adults, Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, →ISBN, page 69:
    • The point of emphasis here is the fact that many Igbo became Catholics or Christians not because they were convinced of the teachings and practice of Christianity but as a result of many factors. 2013, Eze Ikechukwu, Being a Christian in Igbo Land: Facts, Fictions and Challenges, Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, →ISBN:
  3. A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
    • Ye lyfe of euery christian, is as a pilgremage. 1526, William Bonde, Preface to Pylgrimage of Perfection
    • ‘You’re riding for a fall, Healey, you know that? There are hedges and ditches ahead and you are on course for an almighty cropper.’ ‘Sir.’ ‘And I shall be cheering and laughing as you tumble,’ said Meddlar, his spectacles flashing. ‘That’s just the warm-hearted Christian in you, sir.’ 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section II, page 20:
    • The very word ‘Christianity’ is a misunderstanding—at bottom there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross. 1976, Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Walter Arnold Kaufmann, The Antichrist, §39:
  4. (England, obsolete) A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
christian alternative, uncommon lexicographic
Xtian Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
Christians Number=Plur lexicographic
Xian Abbr=Yes alternative, derogatory, sometimes lexicographic

Descendants

คริสเตียน · 크리스천 · ၶရိတ်ႉယၢၼ်ႇ · Kūrjin · E'óoestaáhe · クリスチャン · क्रिश्चियन · Christian · ခရစ်ယာန် · Kristian

Hypernyms

People of the Book · monotheist · religionist · Abrahamist · Judeo-Christian · theist

Hyponyms

Christianess · fundie · Amish · Presbyterian · Episcopalian · Armstrongite · Witness · Protestant · Baptist · Pentecostal · bluenose · papist · Adventist · taig · Anglican · Waldensian · rice Christian · Prod · Lutheran · Evangelical · Amish woman · missionary · Jehovah's Witness · Orthodox · Amish man · Christianist · bishop · Hutterite · Mennonite · Campbellite · Catholic · catlicker · pastor · Hussite

Translations (212)

an cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · pro Cristian (member of the Christian religion) · pl chrześcijanka (member of the Christian religion) · zza Xristiyan (member of the Christian religion) · fur cristian (member of the Christian religion) · eo kristanino (member of the Christian religion) · id Kristen (member of the Christian religion) · gv Creestee (member of the Christian religion) · pl chrześcijanin (member of the Christian religion) · cy Cristion (member of the Christian religion) · uk христия́нин (member of the Christian religion) · tl Kristyano (member of the Christian religion) · nb kristen (member of the Christian religion) · he נוֹצְרִי (member of the Christian religion) · fax cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · sh кршћанин (member of the Christian religion) · kmr file (member of the Christian religion) · ba христиан (member of the Christian religion) · el χριστιανός (member of the Christian religion) · ar نَصْرَانِيَّة (member of the Christian religion) · sh хришћанка (member of the Christian religion) · rup crishtin (member of the Christian religion) · mk христијанин (member of the Christian religion) · ang cristen (member of the Christian religion) · sl kristjanka (member of the Christian religion) · ast cristianu (member of the Christian religion) · fax cristianu (member of the Christian religion) · nrf Chrêtchienne (member of the Christian religion) · hi क्रिश्चियन (member of the Christian religion) · ur کِرِشْچَن (member of the Christian religion) · mt Kristjan (member of the Christian religion) · dum kersten (member of the Christian religion) · ka ქრისტიანი (member of the Christian religion) · grc Χρῑστιᾱνός (member of the Christian religion) · km អ្នកគ្រិស្ទាន (member of the Christian religion) · de Christ (member of the Christian religion) · kw Kristyon (member of the Christian religion) · az xristian (member of the Christian religion) · vec cristcian (member of the Christian religion) · fi kristitty (member of the Christian religion) · ur عِیسائی (member of the Christian religion) · it cristiano (member of the Christian religion) · ga Críostaí (member of the Christian religion) · hi मसीही (member of the Christian religion) · syc ܡܫܝܚܝܬܐ (member of the Christian religion) · az məsihçi (member of the Christian religion) · roa-leo cristianu (member of the Christian religion) · sl kristjan (member of the Christian religion) · sh хришћанин (member of the Christian religion) · tl binyagan (member of the Christian religion) · ko 기독교도 (member of the Christian religion) · vi người theo đạo Cơ đốc (member of the Christian religion) · mt Nisranija (member of the Christian religion) · gl cristiá (member of the Christian religion) · fr chrétien (member of the Christian religion) · pt cristão (member of the Christian religion) · ur مَسِیحی (member of the Christian religion) · mn христосын шажинтан (member of the Christian religion) · ota ترسا (member of the Christian religion) · tg исавӣ (member of the Christian religion) · sh kršćanka (member of the Christian religion) · gd Crìosdaidh (member of the Christian religion) · mwl crestiano (member of the Christian religion) · la Chrīstiānus (member of the Christian religion) · ro creștin (member of the Christian religion) · la Chrīstiāna (member of the Christian religion) · nrf Chrêtchien (member of the Christian religion) · mhy Karistén (member of the Christian religion) · is kristinn (member of the Christian religion) · sc cristianu (member of the Christian religion) · vo jikritan (member of the Christian religion) · crh hristian (member of the Christian religion) · nl christin (member of the Christian religion) · es cristiano (member of the Christian religion) · kk христиан (member of the Christian religion) · ast cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · tk mesihi (member of the Christian religion) · lt krikščionis (member of the Christian religion) · ps نصراني (member of the Christian religion) · cmn 基督徒 (member of the Christian religion) · ko 기독교인 (member of the Christian religion) · syc ܢܨܪܝܬܐ (member of the Christian religion) · syc ܢܨܪܝܐ (member of the Christian religion) · fr chrétienne (member of the Christian religion) · nl christen (member of the Christian religion) · gl cristián (member of the Christian religion) · az tərsa (member of the Christian religion) · ko 그리스도인 (member of the Christian religion) · sk kresťanka (member of the Christian religion) · grc χρῑστεπώνυμος (member of the Christian religion) · chy E'óoestaáhe (member of the Christian religion) · sq krishterëe (member of the Christian religion) · lt krikščionė (member of the Christian religion) · az nəsrani (member of the Christian religion) · et kristlane (member of the Christian religion) · uz xristian (member of the Christian religion) · rup crãshtin (member of the Christian religion) · ota نصرانی (member of the Christian religion) · is kristin (member of the Christian religion) · es cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · hi ईसाई (member of the Christian religion) · kmr xirîstî (member of the Christian religion) · ja クリスチャン (member of the Christian religion) · scn cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · te క్రైస్తవుడు (member of the Christian religion) · pt cristã (member of the Christian religion) · ce Керста (member of the Christian religion) · tg масеҳӣ (member of the Christian religion) · vec cristian (member of the Christian religion) · syc ܡܫܝܚܝܐ (member of the Christian religion) · sh kršćanin (member of the Christian religion) · ms Kristian (member of the Christian religion) · th คริสต์ศาสนิกชน (member of the Christian religion) · tk hristian (member of the Christian religion) · pal tarsāg (member of the Christian religion) · mwl crestiana (member of the Christian religion) · vi Cơ Đốc nhân (member of the Christian religion) · wa crustin (member of the Christian religion) · sc criltianu (member of the Christian religion) · lv kristietis (member of the Christian religion) · mk христијанка (member of the Christian religion) · ar نَصْرَانِيّ (member of the Christian religion) · cs křesťan (member of the Christian religion) · it cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · ar مَسِيحِيَّة (member of the Christian religion) · kw Kristones (member of the Christian religion) · oc crestian (member of the Christian religion) · ext cristianu (member of the Christian religion) · oc crestiana (member of the Christian religion) · ko 크리스천 (member of the Christian religion) · bg христия́нка (member of the Christian religion) · eo kristano (member of the Christian religion) · ug خرىستىئان (member of the Christian religion) · tk haçparaz (member of the Christian religion) · ml ക്രിസ്ത്യാനി (member of the Christian religion) · ota خریستیان (member of the Christian religion) · sk kresťan (member of the Christian religion) · id Nasrani (member of the Christian religion) · yi קריסט (member of the Christian religion) · uz nasroniy (member of the Christian religion) · sq krishterë (member of the Christian religion) · ckb مەسیحی (member of the Christian religion) · lad kristiano (member of the Christian religion) · zdj mnaswara (member of the Christian religion) · ext cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · mh Kūrjin (member of the Christian religion) · hrx Kristin (member of the Christian religion) · pal kristiyān (member of the Christian religion) · sh кршћанка (member of the Christian religion) · uk христия́нка (member of the Christian religion) · my ခရစ်ယာန် (member of the Christian religion) · az xaçpərəst (member of the Christian religion) · vi chiên (member of the Christian religion) · kmr mesîhî (member of the Christian religion) · kmr îsawî (member of the Christian religion) · hu keresztény (member of the Christian religion) · cs křesťanka (member of the Christian religion) · da kristen (member of the Christian religion) · bn নাসারা (member of the Christian religion) · bg христия́нин (member of the Christian religion) · ky христиан (member of the Christian religion) · fa مَسیحی (member of the Christian religion) · ja キリスト教徒 (member of the Christian religion) · an cristiano (member of the Christian religion) · ca cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · fa عیسَوِی (member of the Christian religion) · nn kristen (member of the Christian religion) · af Christen (member of the Christian religion) · vo kritan (member of the Christian religion) · rup crishtinã (member of the Christian religion) · ru христиа́нка (member of the Christian religion) · sw Mkristo (member of the Christian religion) · fa نَصْرانی (member of the Christian religion) · ro creștină (member of the Christian religion) · ur نَصْرانِی (member of the Christian religion) · tr Hristiyan (member of the Christian religion) · mt Kristjana (member of the Christian religion) · roa-opt crischão (member of the Christian religion) · tg насронӣ (member of the Christian religion) · hy քրիստոնյա (member of the Christian religion) · ca cristià (member of the Christian religion) · ps مسيحي (member of the Christian religion) · az isəvi (member of the Christian religion) · ar مَسِيحِيّ (member of the Christian religion) · hrx Krist (member of the Christian religion) · ht kretyen (member of the Christian religion) · de Christin (member of the Christian religion) · ru христиани́н (member of the Christian religion) · be хрысція́нка (member of the Christian religion) · sh hrišćanka (member of the Christian religion) · vec crestian (member of the Christian religion) · hu keresztyén (member of the Christian religion) · scn cristianu (member of the Christian religion) · bjn Kerestén (member of the Christian religion) · tl makakristo (member of the Christian religion) · bn খ্রীষ্টান (member of the Christian religion) · mt Nisrani (member of the Christian religion) · roa-leo cristiana (member of the Christian religion) · be хрысція́нін (member of the Christian religion) · th คริสเตียน (member of the Christian religion) · sh hrišćanin (member of the Christian religion) · fa تَرْسا (member of the Christian religion) · cmn 基督教徒 (member of the Christian religion) · uk християни́н (member of the Christian religion) · sv kristen (member of the Christian religion) · el χριστιανή (member of the Christian religion) · ky христианин (member of the Christian religion) · he נוֹצְרִיָה (member of the Christian religion) · gag hristian (member of the Christian religion) · mrw meragat (member of the Christian religion) · kix tûathìh (member of the Christian religion) · vo hikritan (member of the Christian religion)

wikidata: Q106039 · wikidata: Q106039

Christian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹɪstiən/
  • /ˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/
  • /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A male given name from Ancient Greek found in England since the twelfth century.
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  2. (countable, uncountable) A female given name from Ancient Greek of medieval usage, rare today.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. (countable, uncountable) An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Xtian Abbr=Yes alternative lexicographic
Christians Number=Plur lexicographic
Xian Abbr=Yes alternative, derogatory, sometimes lexicographic
christian alternative, uncommon lexicographic

Deriveds

Christian County · Christian Zionist · Christiansburg · Christian syndrome · Christian Village

Relateds

Christina (feminine forms) · Christiana (feminine forms) · Christine (feminine forms)

Translations (50)

nl Christina (female given name) · sq Kristján (male given name) · la Chrīstiāna (female given name) · fr Christian (male given name) · sv Christian (male given name) · rup Cristi (male given name) · el Χριστιανή (female given name) · fi Risto (male given name) · lv Kristiāns (male given name) · es Cristián (male given name) · bg Хри́сто (male given name) · kl Kajistiaat (male given name) · hu Krisztián (male given name) · ru Кристиа́н (male given name) · ro Cristian (male given name) · nb Kristian (male given name) · gd Crìsdean (male given name) · mk Хри́стијан (male given name) · ro Cristiana (female given name) · et Kristjan (male given name) · ro Cristi (male given name) · bg Християна (female given name) · hu Keresztély (male given name) · el Κρίστιαν (male given name) · ru Христиа́н (male given name) · el Χριστιανός (male given name) · pl Krystian (male given name) · sq Kristiján (male given name) · sq Kristián (male given name) · nn Kristian (male given name) · fi Kristian (male given name) · cmn 克里斯蒂安 (male given name) · pl Krystiana (female given name) · de Christian (male given name) · sv Kristian (male given name) · rsk Кристиян (male given name) · pt Cristiano (male given name) · lv Krišjānis (male given name) · bg Кристиа́н (male given name) · cs Kristián (male given name) · la Chrīstiānus (male given name) · is Kristján (male given name) · da Christian (male given name) · nl Christiaan (male given name) · he כְּרִיסְטִיַאן (male given name) · it Cristiano (male given name) · ro Cristina (female given name) · hi क्रिश्चियन (male given name) · nds Krischan (male given name) · mk Кри́стијан (male given name)