cristián

See also: cristian and Cristian

Galician

Alternative forms

• cristiao

Etymology

From Old Galician christião, borrowed from Latin Christiānus; compare the archaic semi-learned Old Galician / Old Galician-Portuguese crischão, common during the low Middle Ages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjaŋ/

Adjective

cristián (feminine cristiá, masculine plural cristiáns, feminine plural cristiás)

1. Christian

Noun

cristián m (plural cristiáns, feminine cristiá, feminine plural cristiás)

1. a Christian
2. (familiar) a human

   Os animais son coma os cristiáns ― Animals are just like persons

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “christi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “cristián” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.