cristiano

See also: Cristiano and cristianó

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• cristián (especially Tensino)

Etymology

From Latin Christiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, Anointed [One]”) + Latin suffix -ānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjano/
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧no
• Rhymes: -ano

Adjective

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristianos or cristians, feminine plural cristianas)

1. Christian

Derived terms

• cristianament (“Christianly”)

Noun

cristiano m (plural cristianos or cristians, feminine cristiana, feminine plural cristianas)

1. a Christian
2. (by extension) brother, fellow man

Verb

cristiano

1. first-person singular present indicative of cristianar

Related terms

• cristianar
• cristianau (“christened, baptized”)
• cristiandat (“Christianity; Christendom”)
• cristianismo
• Cristo

References

• "cristiano", Diccionario general, cast-ara, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• "cristiano", Definizión aragonés, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “cristiano”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), pages 323-4

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjano/ [kɾis̪ˈt̪ja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧no

Adjective

cristiano n sg

1. neuter of cristianu

Verb

cristiano

1. first-person singular present indicative of cristianar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Christiānus, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, Anointed [One]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. Doublet of cretino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krisˈtja.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: cri‧stià‧no

Adjective

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristiani, feminine plural cristiane, superlative cristianissimo)

1. Christian

Noun

cristiano m (plural cristiani, feminine cristiana)

1. a Christian
2. (colloquial, endearing) person, man

Related terms

• cristianamente
• cristianesimo
• cristianità
• cristianizzare
• Cristo
• democristiano
• paleocristiano
• precristiano

See also

• Cristiano

Anagrams

• castorini, incrostai, ostinarci, riscontai, rosicanti, torcinasi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjano/ [kɾisˈt̪ja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: cris‧tia‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Christiānus; it is popular or inherited in some dialects of Spain (and pronounced as a three-syllable word).

Alternative forms

• christiano (Christianity, obsolete)

Adjective

cristiano (feminine cristiana, masculine plural cristianos, feminine plural cristianas, superlative cristianísimo)

1. Christian (of the Christian religion)

Derived terms

• anticristiano
• democracia cristiana
• doctrina cristiana
• era cristiana

Noun

cristiano m (plural cristianos, feminine cristiana, feminine plural cristianas)

1. Christian (member of the Christian religion)
2. (colloquial) guy (person)

   Synonyms: tipo, (pejorative) fulano, (Chile) gallo

Derived terms

• en cristiano
• lo que se han de comer los gusanos, que lo disfruten los cristianos
• moros y cristianos
• o todos moros o todos cristianos

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Kristiyano
• → Ilocano: Kristiano
• → Tagalog: Kristiyano
• → Tzotzil: krixchano

Etymology 2

Verb

cristiano

1. first-person singular present indicative of cristianar

Related terms

• Cristo

Further reading

• “cristiano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024