English Explanatory Dictionary

Christian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A believer in Christianity.
  2. An adherent of Christianity who is not a Catholic; a Protestant.
  3. A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
  4. A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.
name
  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek found in England since the twelfth century.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek of medieval usage, rare today.
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
adj
  1. Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
  2. Of, like or relating to Protestant Christians.
  3. Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
  4. Kind, charitable; moral; a term of approbation.
noun
  1. Uncommon spelling of Christian.
adj
  1. Uncommon spelling of Christian.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/ /ˈkɹɪstiən/ /ˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/ En-us-Christian.ogg

Word forms

Christian Christians Xtian Xian more Christian most Christian

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.

Synonyms

charitable helpful kind neighborly neighbourly sweet

Antonyms

agnostic atheist heathen non-Christian pagan corrupt immoral improper unjust savage sinful

Related words

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

Derived words

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

Translations

Albanian: Kristián Albanian: Kristiján Albanian: Kristján Aromanian: Cristi Bulgarian: Кристиа́н Bulgarian: Хри́сто Bulgarian: Християна Chinese Mandarin: 克里斯蒂安 Czech: Kristián Danish: Christian Dutch: Christiaan Dutch: Christina Estonian: Kristjan Finnish: Kristian Finnish: Risto French: Christian German: Christian Greek: Χριστιανός Greek: Κρίστιαν Greek: Χριστιανή Greenlandic: Kajistiaat Hebrew: כְּרִיסְטִיַאן Hindi: क्रिश्चियन Hungarian: Krisztián Hungarian: Keresztély Icelandic: Kristján Italian: Cristiano Latin: Chrīstiānus Latin: Chrīstiāna Latvian: Krišjānis Latvian: Kristiāns Low German: Krischan Macedonian: Кри́стијан Macedonian: Хри́стијан Norwegian Bokmål: Kristian Norwegian Nynorsk: Kristian Pannonian Rusyn: Кристиян Polish: Krystian Polish: Krystiana Portuguese: Cristiano Romanian: Cristian Romanian: Cristi Romanian: Cristina Romanian: Cristiana Russian: Кристиа́н Russian: Христиа́н Scottish Gaelic: Crìsdean Spanish: Cristián Swedish: Kristian Swedish: Christian Albanian: krishterë Arabic: مَسِيحِيّ Arabic: نَصْرَانِيّ Aragonese: cristiano Armenian: քրիստոնեական Aromanian: crishtin Aromanian: crãshtin Asturian: cristianu Azerbaijani: xristian Bashkir: христиан Belarusian: хрысція́нскі Bengali: খ্রীষ্টান Bulgarian: христия́нски Burmese: ခရစ်ယာန် Catalan: cristià Chinese Mandarin: 基督教 Czech: křesťanský Danish: kristen Dutch: christelijk Esperanto: kristanisma Esperanto: kristana Estonian: kristlik Extremaduran: cristianu Fala: cristianu Finnish: kristillinen French: chrétien Friulian: cristian Galician: cristián Georgian: ქრისტიანული German: christlich Greek: χριστιανικός
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