Christ

English

Etymology

Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) (whence English messiah).

Pronunciation

• enPR: krīst, IPA: /kraɪst/, X-SAMPA: /"kraIst/
• Rhymes: -aɪst

Proper noun

Christ

1. (Judaism) The anointed one or messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 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.

2. (Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy; often treated as a personal name.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Christ

antichrist Body of Christ christen

christening Christian Christianity

Christmas Jesus Christ Vicar of Christ

Translations

messiah predicted in Jewish prophesy

• Esperanto: Kristo (eo)
• Hindi: मसीह (hi)

• Portuguese: Cristo (pt) m
• Spanish: Cristo (es)

title for Jesus of Nazareth

• Albanian: Krishti (sq) m
• Arabic: المسيح (ar) (al-masiiH) m
• Armenian: Քրիստոս (hy) (K’ristos)

  Old Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʿristos)

• Azeri: Məsih (az)
• Belarusian: Хрыстос (be) (Xrystós) m
• Bulgarian: Христос (bg) (Hristós)
• Catalan: Crist (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基督 (cmn) (Jīdū)

• Cornish: Cryst (kw) m
• Czech: Kristus (cs) m
• Danish: Kristus (da) c
• Dutch: Christus (nl) m
• Esperanto: Kristo (eo)
• Faroese: Kristus (fo) m
• Finnish: Kristus (fi)
• French: Christ (fr) m
• Georgian: ქრისტე (ka) (k'riste)
• German: Christus (de) m
• Greek: Χριστός (el) (Christós) m

  Ancient Greek: χριστός (christós) m

• Hebrew: המשיח (he) m
• Hindi: मसीह (hi) (masīh) m, क्राइस्ट (hi) (krā'isṭ) m
• Hungarian: Krisztus (hu)
• Icelandic: Kristur (is) m
• Irish: Críost (ga) m
• Italian: Cristo (it) m
• Japanese: キリスト (ja) (Kirisuto), (Orthodox Church) ハリストス (ja) (Harisutosu)
• Jèrriais: Christ m
• Kaonde: Kilishitu
• Kazakh: Мәсих (kk) (Mäsïx)
• Khmer: ព្រះយេស៊ូ (km) (bprēyah yēysū)

• Korean: 그리스도 (ko) (Geuriseudo)
• Latin: Christus (la) m
• Limburgish: Kèrstös (li) m
• Macedonian: Христос (mk) (Hristos) m
• Maltese: Kristu m
• Manx: Creest (gv) m
• Marathi: ख्रिस्त (mr) (khrista) m
• Norwegian: Kristus (no) m
• Old English: Crist (ang) m
• Old Irish: Críst m
• Old Norse: Kristr m
• Old Provençal: Xrist
• Persian: مسیح (fa) (masih)
• Polish: Chrystus (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cristo (pt) m
• Romanian: Hristos (ro)
• Russian: Христос (ru) (Xristós) m (-ос is dropped in oblique cases)
• Scottish Gaelic: Crìosd (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Христ (sh) m, Христос (sh) m

  Roman: Hrist (sh) m, Hristos (sh) m

• Slovak: Kristus (sk) m
• Slovene: Krístus (sl) m
• Spanish: Cristo (es), Jesucristo (es)
• Swedish: Kristus (sv) m
• Tajik: Масеҳ (tg) (Maseh), Исо (tg) (Iso)
• Telugu: క్రీస్తు (te)
• Thai: คริสต์ (th) (krít)
• Turkish: İsa (tr), İsa Mesih (tr)
• Turkmen: Isa (tk)
• Ukrainian: Христос (uk) (Xrystós) m
• Urdu: مسيح (ur) (masīh) m
• Uzbek: Xristos (uz)
• Vietnamese: chúa Kitô (vi), (Jesus) chúa Giê-su (vi)
• Welsh: Crist, Iesu Grist

Abbreviations

• ☧

See also

• Jesus
• God
• Appendix:Glossary of Christianity

Noun

Christ (plural Christs)

1. (art) A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ.

Translations

A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ

• Italian: Cristo (it) m

Interjection

Christ

1. An expletive.

Synonyms

• (expletive): God, Jesus Christ

Usage notes

Use is considered blasphemous by most Christians.

Translations

blasphemous interjection

• Catalan: me cago en Déu (ca)!, me cago en Déu, en la creu i en el fuster que la féu (ca)!
• Finnish: perkele (fi)

• French: bon Dieu de merde (fr), crisse (fr)
• Italian: porco Dio (it), porcodio (it) m
• Spanish: ¡¡hostia! (es), ¡me cago en Dios! (es)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: speaking · circumstances · sitting · #787: Christ · begin · wait · laughed

Anagrams

• criths

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʁist/

Proper noun

Christ m

1. Christ

Related terms

• chrétien
• chrétienté
• christ (artistic representation of Christ)
• christianiser
• christianisme
• christique
• Jésus-Christ

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʀɪst/

Noun

Christ m (genitive Christen, plural Christen)

1. a Christian (male)
   • 1888, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Der Antichrist, § 58

     Nihilist und Christ: das reimt sich, das reimt sich nicht bloss.

     Nihilist and Christian: they rhyme, and do not merely rhyme…

Coordinate terms

• Christin f

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”).

Proper noun

Christ m

1. (Christianity) Christ

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA: [χrɪst]

Noun

Christ m

1. Mutated form of Crist.