Protestant

See also protestant

English

Etymology

From French protestant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɹɑːtɪstənt/

Proper noun

Protestant (plural Protestants)

1. (Christianity) Any of several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.
2. (Christianity) Someone who is a member of such a denomination.
3. (Christianity) A modern Christian denomination not belonging to the Catholic or Orthodox traditions.

Hypernyms

• Christian, Trinitarian

Translations

any of several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church

• Afrikaans: protestantse denominasie (af)

• Chinese: 宗教改革 (zōngjiào gǎigé)

someone who is a member of such a denomination

• Afrikaans: protestant (af)
• Chinese: 新教徒 (xīn jiàotú)
• Czech: protestant (cs) m
• Esperanto: protestanto (eo)
• Finnish: protestantti (fi)

• German: Protestant m, Protestantin f
• Irish: Protastúnach (ga) m
• Macedonian: протестант (mk) (protestánt) m
• Sotho: moprotestanta (st)

a modern Christian denomination not belonging to the Catholic or Orthodox traditions

• Afrikaans: protestant (af)
• Arabic: البروتستانتي (al-brotustánti) m
• Chinese: 新教 (xīn jiào)
• Dutch: protestant (nl) m
• Esperanto: (used attributively) protestanta (eo)
• Finnish: protestantti (fi)
• French: protestant (fr) m
• German: Protestant m, Protestantin f
• Hungarian: protestáns (hu)
• Italian: protestante (it) m

• Japanese: 新教徒 (しんきょうと, shinkyōto)
• Korean: 신교도 (sin-gyodo)
• Macedonian: протестант (mk) (protestánt) m
• Malay: Protestan (ms)
• Portuguese: protestante (pt) m
• Russian: протестант (ru) (protestánt) m
• Sotho: protestanta (st)
• Spanish: protestante (es) m
• Swedish: protestant (sv) c

Derived terms

• Protestantism
• Prod; Proddy

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Protestant m (genitive Protestants, plural Protestanten)

1. Protestant (person)
2. protester