Arian

See also: -arian and arian

English

Etymology 1

From Late Latin Arianus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
• Homophone: Aryan

Noun

Arian (plural Arians)

1. (Christianity) A disciple of the Cyrenaic monk Arius, presbyter of Alexandria, who denied the Trinity but did not deny the preexistence of Christ.
   1. One who follows the Christology of Arianism.
   2. (derogatory, mainly 17-19th Century usage) A heretic or any heresy.

Translations

a kind of Christian who holds Arian ideas

• Catalan: arià (ca) m, arrià (ca) m
• Finnish: areiolainen (fi)
• French: arien (fr) m
• German: Arianer m, Arianerin f
• Italian: (used of both Arians and Aryans) ariano (it)
• Norwegian: arianer (no)

• Polish: arianin, arianka f
• Portuguese: ariano (pt) m
• Russian: ариа́нин (ru) m (ariánin), ариа́нка f (ariánka)
• Spanish: ariano m
• Tagalog: Aryano, Ariano

Adjective

Arian (not comparable)

1. (Christianity) Of or pertaining to Arius or Arianism.

Translations

pertaining to Arianism

• Bulgarian: ариански m (arianski)
• Catalan: arià (ca), arrià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿里烏教派的 (Ālǐwū jiàopài de)

• Finnish: areiolainen (fi)
• French: arien (fr)
• German: arianisch (de)
• Italian: ariano (it) (used both for Aryan and Arian)
• Japanese: アリウス派の (Ariusu-ha no)

• Korean: 아리우스파의 (Ariuseupa-ui)
• Polish: ariański (pl)
• Portuguese: ariano (pt)
• Russian: ариа́нский (ru) (ariánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аријански

  Roman: arijanski (sh)

• Spanish: ariano
• Swedish: ariansk

Etymology 2

Aries +‎ -ian.

Noun

Arian (plural Arians)

1. A person whose star sign is Aries.

Synonyms

• Arietian

Translations

someone whose star sign is in Aries — see Aries

Etymology 3

Noun

Arian (plural Arians)

1. Alternative spelling of Aryan

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• Areian

Adjective

Arian (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the region of Aria

Anagrams

• Iraan, Raina, Riaan, aiRNA, airan, airna, naira