Christian

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from +  suffix. The older form is. .

Noun

 * 1) A believer in Christianity.
 * 2) * 1848, James Ford translating St. Augustine in The Gospel of St. Matthew, Illustrated from Ancient and Modern Authors, p. 46:
 * The whole life of a good Christian is nothing else but a state of holy desire (sanctum desiderium).
 * 1)  An adherent of Christianity who is not a ; a.
 * 2) A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
 * 3) * 1526, William Bonde, Preface to Pylgrimage of Perfection:
 * Ye lyfe of euery christian, is as a pilgremage.
 * 1)  A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.
 * 1) A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
 * 2) * 1526, William Bonde, Preface to Pylgrimage of Perfection:
 * Ye lyfe of euery christian, is as a pilgremage.
 * 1)  A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.
 * 1) A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
 * 2) * 1526, William Bonde, Preface to Pylgrimage of Perfection:
 * Ye lyfe of euery christian, is as a pilgremage.
 * 1)  A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.
 * 1)  A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.
 * 1)  A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Christen
 * Albanian:, krishterëe
 * Arabic:, , نَصْرَانِيّ, نَصْرَانِيَّة
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܝܐ, ܡܫܝܚܝܬܐ, ܢܨܪܝܐ, ܢܨܪܝܬܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: crishtin, crishtinã, crãshtin
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, məsihçi, isəvi, nəsrani, tərsa, xaçpərəst
 * Banjarese: Kerestén
 * Belarusian: хрысція́нін, хрысція́нка
 * Bengali:, নাসারা
 * Bulgarian:, христия́нка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chechen: Керста
 * Cheyenne: E'óoestaáhe
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: Kristyon, Kristones
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: kristen
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kristano, kristanino
 * Estonian: kristlane
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: cristian
 * Galician:, cristiá
 * Georgian: ქრისტიანი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: χριστεπώνυμος, χριστιανός
 * Hebrew:, נוצרייה
 * Hindi:, , क्रिश्चियन
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Hunsrik: Krist, Kristin
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: Críostaí
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: христиан
 * Khmer: អ្នកគ្រិស្ទាន
 * Korean: 그리스도인,, , 기독교인(基督敎人)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: مەسیحی
 * Northern Kurdish: xirîstî,, ,
 * Kyrgyz: христианин,
 * Latin:, Chrīstiāna
 * Latvian: kristietis
 * Lithuanian: krikščionis, krikščionė
 * Ma'anyan: Karistén
 * Macedonian:, христијанка
 * Malay: Kristian
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: Kristjan, Kristjana, Nisrani, Nisranija
 * Manx: Creestee
 * Maranao: meragat
 * Marshallese: Kūrjin
 * Middle Dutch: kersten
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: христосын шажинтан
 * Ngazidja Comorian: mnaswara
 * Norman: Chrêtchien, Chrêtchienne
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kristen
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: cristen
 * Old Occitan: Cristian
 * Old Portuguese: crischão
 * Ottoman Turkish: ترسا, خریستیان, نصرانی
 * Pashto: مسيحي, نصراني
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Middle Persian: kristiyān, tarsāg
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: criltianu, cristianu
 * Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: хришћанин, хришћанка, кршћанин, кршћанка
 * Roman: hrišćanin, hrišćanka, kršćanin, kršćanka
 * Sicilian:, cristiana
 * Slovak: kresťan, kresťanka
 * Slovene:, kristjanka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: Mkristo
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Kristyano, makakristo, binyagan
 * Tajik: насронӣ, исавӣ, масеҳӣ
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: hristian, mesihi
 * Ukrainian: христия́нин, християни́н, христия́нка
 * Urdu: عِیسائی, مَسِیحی, کِرِشْچَن, نَصْرانِی
 * Uyghur: خرىستىئان
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: cristian, crestian, cristcian
 * Vietnamese: người theo đạo Cơ đốc
 * Volapük:, hikritan ,
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קריסט
 * Zazaki: Xristiyan

Proper noun

 * 1)  found in England since the twelfth century.
 * 2)  of medieval usage, rare today.

Related terms

 * Christiana, Christina, Christine

Translations

 * Albanian: Kristián, Kristiján, Kristján
 * Aromanian: Cristi
 * Bulgarian: Кристиа́н, Хри́сто
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Christian
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: Kristjan
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic: Kajistiaat
 * Hebrew: כְּרִיסְטִיַאן
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: Krišjānis, Kristiāns
 * Low German: Krischan
 * Macedonian: Кри́стијан, Хри́стијан
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: Kristian
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, Cristi
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Crìsdean
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Greek:
 * Latin: Chrīstiāna
 * Polish: Krystiana
 * Romanian: Cristina, Cristiana

Adjective

 * 1)  Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
 * 2)  Of, like or relating to Protestant Christians.
 * 3)  Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
 * 4) Kind, charitable; moral;.
 * 1)  Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
 * 2) Kind, charitable; moral;.
 * 1) Kind, charitable; moral;.

Usage notes

 * Use of the term “Christian” in the generalised approbative sense “kind, moral” may be displeasing to some non-Christians.

Synonyms

 * ,, , /neighbourly, sweet

Antonyms

 * ,, , , , sinful
 * ,, , , , sinful

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, نَصْرَانِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: crishtin, crãshtin
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: хрысція́нскі
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: христия́нски
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kristen
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kristanisma ; kristana
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: cristian
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ქრისტიანული
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, נוֹצְרִית
 * Hindi:, क्रिश्चियन,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kristinn
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: Críostaí, Críostúil
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: христиандық, христиан
 * Khmer: គ្រិស្ទាន
 * Korean:, 그리스도교
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , Xiristiyan
 * Kyrgyz: христиандык,
 * Lao: ຄິດຕະສາສນິກກະຊົນ
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: kristīgs
 * Lithuanian: krikščioniškas
 * Macedonian: христијански
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, kristelig
 * Nynorsk: kristen, kristeleg
 * Old English: cristen
 * Pashto: مسيحي, نصراني,
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdail
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: хришћански, кршћански
 * Roman: hrišćanski, kršćanski
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Kikristo
 * Swedish:, kristlig
 * Tajik: насронӣ, исавӣ, масеҳӣ
 * Tetum: sarani
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: mesihi, hristian
 * Ukrainian: христия́нський
 * Urdu: عِیسائی, مَسِیحی, نَصْرانِی
 * Uyghur: خرىستىئان
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Volapük: ; kritanik
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קריסטלעך
 * Zazaki: Xristiyan, İsewi


 * Finnish:
 * Irish: Críostúil

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Etymology
From.

Usage notes

 * Traditionally popular in Denmark, as the name of ten ruling kings since the fifteenth century.

Etymology
From.