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Etymology

From Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός, noun use of χριστός, khristos meaning anointed. Christian, from the Greek Christ+ianos, was originally a term used by unbelievers to describe the followers of Jesus Christ as His possessions (i.e. the suffix ianos was popularly used to specify the slaves of the one whose name with which it was compounded i.e. Christianos meant slaves of Christ), and was the name given to the church by the Greeks and Romans who most often intended it in a derogatory manner - although Paul, in referring to himself, made reference to that slave, or servant, label in a positive way by honorably calling himself a "a servant of Jesus Christ" (Romans 1:1). The word Christian is first used in Antioch, according to Acts xi.25-26.

Noun

Christian (plural Christians)

  1. (Christianity) A believer in Christianity.
  2. (Christianity) An individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
  3. (Christianity) An individual who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Proper noun

Christian

  1. A male given name found in England since the twelfth century.
  2. A female given name of medieval usage, rare today.
  3. A patronymic surname.

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Translations

male given name

Adjective

Christian (comparative more Christian, superlative most Christian)

  1. (not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
  2. Kind, charitable.
    That's very Christian of you.
    To non-Christians, this may be an offensive usage (similarly, see the offensive usage of Jew)

Translations

of, like or relating to Christianity
  • Armenian: քրիստոնեական (k'ristoneakan)
  • Azeri: xristian az(az)
  • Bosnian: hrišćanski m., kršćanski m.
  • Bulgarian: християнски bg(bg)
  • Croatian: kršćanski m.
  • Czech: křesťanský cs(cs)
  • Dutch: christelijk nl(nl)
  • French: chrétien fr(fr) m.
  • Georgian: ქრისტიანული ka(ka)
  • German: christlich de(de)
  • Greek: χριστιανικός (khristianikos)
  • Hebrew: נוצרי (notzry) m., נוצרית (notzryt) f.
  • Italian: cristiano it(it)
  • Lithuanian: krikščioniškas m., krikščioniška f, n
  • Polish: chrześcijański pl(pl) m.
  • Russian: христианский ru(ru) (xristianskij)
  • Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdail gd(gd)
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: хришћански m.
    Roman: hrišćanski m.
  • Sicilian: cristianu scn(scn) m.
  • Slovak: kresťanský m., kresťanská f., kresťanské n.
  • Swedish: kristen, kristlig
  • Turkish: Hristiyan tr(tr)
kind — see kind

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Danish

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Proper noun

Christian

  1. A male given name traditionally popular in Denmark, as the name of ten ruling kings since the fifteenth century.

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French

Proper noun

Christian IPA: /kʁis.tjɑ̃/

  1. A male given name, cognate to Christian.

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German

Proper noun

Christian

  1. A male given name.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Christian

  1. A male given name, an alternative spelling of Kristian.

Old French

Proper noun

Christian m. (nominative Christians)

  1. A male given name, cognate to Christian in Modern English

Swedish

Proper noun

Christian

  1. A male given name, an alternative spelling of Kristian.

 

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