Christ

christ Chríst English Alternative forms en X Xt abbreviation Etymology en :inh enm:Crist 1 From en enm Crist, from en ang Crist, from en la Christus Chrīst(us), from en grc Χρῑστός, proper noun use of grc χρῑστός [the] anointed [one], a semantic loan of Hebrew he מָשִׁיחַ anointed māšīaḥ or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English en messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare en grime for the en ine-pro - root, ine-pro *gʰrey- *gʰr-ey- to rub, smear; to anoint; further related to en ghee. Pronunciation krīst, en /kɹaɪst/ en en-us-Christ.ogg Mid-Atlantic US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christ.wav Southern England en aɪst 1 Proper noun + ~ en Q51626 en Christianity The anointed one, the savior predicted by the Old Testament. en Messiah<id:Q51626> Matthew 24 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. en Q302 en Christianity A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy. en see at en Jesus Christ#Synonyms "But I have seen the Christ. Oh, He was glorious, glorious! Now, good-bye - good-bye!" She backed towards the cabinet and sank into the shadows. en September 12 1999 Anthony Horowitz; et al Dead Man's Eleven Midsomer Murders Christine Cooper: It's not wrong to sin. Christ came into this world for the sinners. DCI Tom Barnaby: To call people to repentance, Mrs Cooper. en. Usage notes Like en God, en Mom, etc., Christ is usually used directly in the manner of a name. However, it is sometimes used with a definite articlethe Christin archaic or learned settings to emphasize its nature as a title equivalent to the Anointed One. When used as a title for Jesus, it is almost always applied as a postpositive: en Jesus Christ. Derived terms en antichrist Antichrist body of Christ brother in Christ Christ on a bicycle Church of Christ Disciple of Christ Jesus Christ lizard Body of Christ my brother in Christ sister in Christ christen Chrislam my sister in Christ Christ Church Christendom christening Christian Christiandom Christabella Christard Christcentric Christcentrism Christchurch Christcore Christer christfag Christfollower Christhood Christing Christless Christlike Christly Christo- Christocrat Christofascist Christomania Christophany Christward Christwards Panchristism Christianese Christianise Christianity Christianize Christianophile Christianophilia Christianophilic Christ Jesus my sibling in Christ Christianophobe Christianophobia Christianophobic Christicide Christic Christ killer Christ-killer Christkiller Christmas Christocentric Christocentrism Christology Christophile Christophilia Christophilic Christophobe Christophobia Christophobic Jesus Christ Jesus the Christ unchristlike unchristly Vicar of Christ Christ-worshipper Descendants my ခရစ် 1 hi क्राइस्ट 1 ne क्राइस्ट 1 pon Krais 1 shn ၶရိတ်ႉ 1 Translations messiah predicted in the Old Testament Afrikaans: af Christus Arabic: ar مَسِيح m Catalan: ca Crist m Esperanto: eo Kristo French: fr Christ m, fr Messie m Galician: gl Cristo m Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Χριστός m Haitian Creole: ht Kris Hindi: hi मसीह m, hi मसीहा m Indonesian: id Al-Masih Ingrian: izh Kristus Macedonian: mk Христос m Naga: Khiamniungan Naga: kix Khrīstā Polish: pl Chrystus m Portuguese: pt Cristo m Russian: ru Христо́с m Spanish: es Cristo Zazaki: zza Mesih title for Jesus of Nazareth Abkhaz: ab Қьырса Afrikaans: af Christus Albanian: sq Krisht m Arabic: ar الْمَسِيح m Aramaic: Hebrew script: arc מְשִׁיחָא m m'šīḥāʿ Syriac: arc ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ m m'šīḥāʿ Armenian: hy Քրիստոս Old Armenian: xcl Քրիստոս Azerbaijani: az Məsih Bats: bbl ქრისტე Belarusian: be Хрысто́с m Bengali: bn খ্রিষ্ট Bulgarian: bg Христо́с m Burmese: my ခရစ်တော်, my ခရစ် Catalan: ca Crist m Cherokee: chr ᎦᎶᏁᏛ Chichewa: ny Khristu Chinese: Cantonese: yue 基督 gei1 duk1 Dungan: dng Җидў Hakka: hak 基督 Kî-tuk Hokkien: nan-hbl 基督 Ki-tok Mandarin: cmn 基督 Jīdū Wu: wuu 基督 Coptic: cop ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ, cop ⲡⲭⲥ Cornish: kw Cryst m Czech: cs Kristus m Danish: da Kristus c Dutch: nl Christus m Esperanto: eo Kristo Faroese: fo Kristus m, fo Kristur m rare Finnish: fi Kristus French: fr Christ m Galician: gl Cristo m Georgian: ka ქრისტე German: de Christus m Gothic: got 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 m Greek: el Χριστός m Ancient Greek: grc Χριστός m Haitian Creole: ht Kris Hebrew: he הַמָּשִׁיחַ m ha-mashiyah Hindi: hi मसीह m, hi मसीहा m, hi क्राइस्ट m Hungarian: hu Krisztus Icelandic: is Kristur m Indonesian: id Kristus, id al-Masih, id diurapi Ingrian: izh Kristus Irish: ga Críost m Old Irish: sga Críst m Italian: it Cristo m Japanese: ja キリスト Kirisuto (ja 基督 きりすと, Kirisuto), ja ハリストス Harisutosu Orthodox Church Kaonde: kqn Kilishitu Kazakh: kk Мәсих Khmer: km ព្រះយេស៊ូ prĕəh yeisuu, km គ្រិស្ត Korean: ko ^그리스도, ko ^기독 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Mesîh Kyrgyz: ky Христос Lao: lo ຄຣິດ, lo ພະຄິດ, lo ຄິດ, lo ກຣິສຕ໌, lo ພຣະຄຣິດ Latin: la Christus m Latvian: lv Kristus m Limburgish: li Kèrstös m Lithuanian: lt Kristus m Macedonian: mk Христос m, mk Ристос m dialectal Malay: ms Kristus, ms al-Masih Maltese: mt Kristu m Manchu: mnc ᡥᡝᡵᡳᠰᡨᠣᠰ Manx: gv Creest m Marathi: mr ख्रिस्त m Mingrelian: xmf ქირსე, xmf ქრისტე Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Христос Mongolian script: mn ᠾᠷᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠦᠰ Naga: Khiamniungan Naga: kix Khrīstā Nepali: ne क्राइस्ट Norman: nrf Christ m Jersey Norwegian: no Kristus m Occitan: Old Occitan: pro Xrist Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Хрїстъ m Old English: ang Crist m Old Norse: non Kristr m Ossetian: os Киристе, os Чырысти Pashto: ps مسيح m masíh Persian: fa مسیح masih, fa کرسطوس kerestus Pohnpeian: pon Krisdus Catholicism, pon Krais Protestantism Polish: pl Chrystus m Portuguese: pt Cristo m Romanian: ro Hristos Russian: ru Христо́с m Samoan: sm Keriso Scottish Gaelic: gd Crìosd m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Христ m, sh Хри̏стос m Latin: sh Hrist m, sh Hrȉstos m Sinhalese: si ක්රිස්තුස් Slovak: sk Kristus m Slovene: sl Krístus m Spanish: es Cristo, es Jesucristo Svan: sva ქრისდე Swahili: sw Kristo Swedish: sv Kristus m Tagalog: tl Kristo Tajik: tg Масеҳ Tamil: ta கிறிஸ்து Telugu: te క్రీస్తు Thai: th คริสต์ Turkish: tr İsa, tr İsa Mesih, tr Mesih Turkmen: tk Isa, tk Hristos, tk Mesih Ukrainian: uk Христо́с m Urdu: ur مسیح m masīh Uyghur: ug خرىستوس, ug مەسىھ Uzbek: uz Xristos, uz Masih Vietnamese: vi Ki-tô (vi 基蘇), vi Ki-ri-xi-tô (vi 基移吹蘇), vi Cơ đốc (vi 基督), vi Kitô, vi Cơ Đốc. Welsh: cy Crist m Xibe: sjo ᡪᡞᡩᡠ jidu Yup'ik: esu Ciissussaq, esu Kelistussaaq Zazaki: zza İsa See also en Jesus en God Appendix:Glossary of Christianity Noun en arts A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ. Translations figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ Afrikaans: af Christus French: fr Christ m Italian: it Cristo m Polish: pl Chrystus m Spanish: es Cristo m Interjection en blasphemous An expletive. weekend Simon Kuper Prize pickings Life & Arts 9 2026-10-03 Told she Doris Lessing had won the Nobel Prize, she exclaimed, “Oh, Christ.” Usage notes Use as a standalone expletive is considered blasphemous by some Christians. Synonyms expletive en God, en Jesus Christ expression of surprise en wow Translations blasphemous interjection Catalan: ca me cago en Déu!, ca me cago en Déu, en la creu i en el fuster que la féu! Finnish: fi perkele French: fr bon Dieu de merde, fr crisse German: de Herrgott Italian: it porco Dio, it porcodio m Portuguese: pt bom Jesus de merda Spanish: es hostia ¡hostia!, es me cago en Dios ¡me cago en Dios! Welsh: cy Iesu Anagrams en chirst criths strich trichs en oaths en Individuals East Central German Proper noun gmw-ecg proper noun gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch gmw-ecg male Christoph gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch gmw-ecg female Christa and Christine. Further reading 29 French Etymology fr frm Christ, borrowed from fr la Christus, from fr grc Χριστός, proper noun use of grc χριστός the anointed one, a calque of Hebrew he מָשִׁיחַ anointed māšīaḥ or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English en messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Pronunciation Christ Chri obsolete; except in fr Jésus-Christ and alternatively in fr antéchrist fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Flavie (Lyokoï)-Jésus-Christ.wav Proper noun m en Christ Related terms fr chrétien chrétienté christ christianisation christianiser christianisme christique Jésus-Christ German Pronunciation de /kʁɪst/ de De-Christ.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de kriegst one colloquial pronunciation Etymology 1 de :inh gmh:kriste//kristen<ety:inh<goh:kristāni<ety:uder<la:Christianus>>>> Christian From de gmh kriste, gmh kristen, from de goh kristāni, from de la Christianus, derived from the forms in etymology 2 below. Noun m.weak in de Christianity a Christian de 1888 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Der Antichrist § 58 Nihilist und Christ: das reimt sich, das reimt sich nicht bloss. Nihilist and Christian: they rhyme [in fact], they do not merely rhyme [phonetically]. Usage notes This is a weak noun in the standard language, but is part of a group of nouns which have a strong tendency to be strong colloquially, so one might hear de dem Christ instead of de dem Christen. Declension m.weak Derived terms de Christdemokrat Christdemokratie christdemokratisch Christenblut Christenbund Christenfeind Christenfreund Christengemeinde Christenglaube Christengott Christenheit Christenherz Christenlehre Christenleute Christenmensch Christenprozess Christenschweiß Christentum christentümlich Christentümlichkeit Christenverfolger Christenverfolgung Christenwelt christkatholisch christlich Christlichkeit Heidenchrist Judenchrist Nichtchrist U-Boot-Christ Related terms de christianisieren Christianisierung Christianismus Etymology 2 de :inh gmh:Krist<ety:inh<goh:Krist<ety:uder<la:Christus>>>> Christus From de gmh - and de goh Krist, from de la Christus, from de grc Χριστός, a calque of de he מָשִׁיחַ anointed māšīaḥ and/or its de arc - equivalent arc ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (whence also de Messias). Proper noun m de archaic now only _ poetic de Christus Christ de estimated date, first attestation Christian song Christ ist erstanden: de Christ ist erstanden von der Marter alle. Des solln wir alle froh sein; Christ will unser Trost sein. Kyrieleis. Christ is risen from all torment. Therefore we should all be happy; Christ will be our comfort. Kyrie eleison. Declension m.sg Derived terms de Christabend Christbaum Christfest Christkind Christkindchen Christkindl christlich Christlichkeit Christmette Christmonat Christmond Christnacht Christrose Christstollen Christtag Christvesper Related terms de Christus Further reading de Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Crist Middle French Etymology Borrowed from frm la Christus from frm grc Χριστός, proper noun use of grc χριστός the anointed one. Proper noun frm proper noun m en Christ Descendants fr Christ Norman Etymology Borrowed from nrf la Christus, from nrf grc Χριστός, proper noun use of grc χριστός the anointed one. Proper noun m nrf Jersey Christianity en Christ Old Irish Proper noun sga mutated proper noun sga Chríst: sga Crist Scots sco Proper noun en Christ Welsh Pronunciation cy /χriːst/ cy-N cy /χrɪst/ cy-S Proper noun cy mutated proper noun m cy Crist Christ Mutation Crist