christen

See also Christen

English

Etymology

Christ +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪsən

Verb

christen (third-person singular simple present christens, present participle christening, simple past and past participle christened)

The christening of a ship

1. To perform the religious act of the baptism, to baptise.
2. To name.
   • Bishop Burnet

     Christen the thing what you will.

3. (obsolete) To Christianize.

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4. (colloquial) To use for the first time.

Translations

to perform the religious act

• Bulgarian: кръщавам (bg) (krǎštavam)
• Dutch: dopen (nl)
• French: baptiser (fr)
• German: taufen (de)
• Hungarian: keresztel (hu)

• Portuguese: batizar (pt)
• Russian: крестить (ru) (kr'estít') impf., окрестить (ru) (okr'estít') pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: baist (gd)
• Swedish: döpa (sv)

to name

• Bulgarian: именувам (bg) (imenuvam), кръщавам (bg) (krǎštavam)
• French: baptiser (fr), nommer (fr)
• German: taufen (de)
• Hungarian: keresztel (hu)

• Portuguese: batizar (pt)
• Russian: крестить (ru) (kr'estít') impf., окрестить (ru) (okr'estít') pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: baist (gd)
• Swedish: döpa (sv)

Anagrams

• chinrest

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Pronunciation

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Noun

christen m (plural christenen, diminutive christentje)

1. (Christianity) Christian

Derived terms

• christendemocraat