Phrase guide

baptismal font

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /bæpˈtɪzməl ˈfɑnt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large basin used for baptism in or near a church.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

bowl for baptismal water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baptistry, baptistery, font

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: basin

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جُرْنُ المَعْمُودِيّة (jurnu l-maʕmūdiyya) — a basin used for baptism
  • Aramaic: ܐܘܙܢܐ (awzana) — a basin used for baptism
  • Armenian: ավազան (avazan) — a basin used for baptism
  • Basque: bataiarri — a basin used for baptism
  • Belarusian: купель (kupjelʹ) — a basin used for baptism
  • Breton: maen-badez — a basin used for baptism
  • Bulgarian: купел (kupel) — a basin used for baptism
  • Catalan: pila baptismal — a basin used for baptism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 領洗池 /领洗池 (lǐngxǐchí) — a basin used for baptism
  • Czech: křtitelnice — a basin used for baptism
  • Danish: døbefont — a basin used for baptism
  • Dutch: doopvont — a basin used for baptism
  • Esperanto: baptujo — a basin used for baptism
  • Estonian: ristimiskivi — a basin used for baptism
  • Finnish: kastemalja — a basin used for baptism
  • French: fonts baptismaux — a basin used for baptism
  • Galician: pía bautismal — a basin used for baptism
  • Georgian: სანათლავი (sanatlavi) — a basin used for baptism
  • Old Georgian: ავაზანი (avazani) — a basin used for baptism
  • German: Taufbecken — a basin used for baptism
  • Greek: κολυμβήθρα (kolymvíthra) — a basin used for baptism
  • Hebrew: אגן טבילה (agan t'vilá) — a basin used for baptism
  • Hungarian: keresztelőkút — a basin used for baptism
  • Icelandic: skírnarfontur — a basin used for baptism
  • Irish: umar baiste — a basin used for baptism
  • Italian: fonte battesimale — a basin used for baptism
  • Japanese: 洗礼盤 (senreiban) — a basin used for baptism
  • Korean: 세례대 (seryedae) — a basin used for baptism
  • Latin: fons — a basin used for baptism
  • Latvian: kristāmtrauks — a basin used for baptism
  • Lithuanian: krikštykla — a basin used for baptism
  • Macedonian: купел (kupel) — a basin used for baptism
  • Macedonian: крстилница (krstilnica) — a basin used for baptism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: døpefont — a basin used for baptism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: døypefont — a basin used for baptism
  • Persian: حوضچهٔ تعمید (hozčeye ta'mid) — a basin used for baptism
  • Plautdietsch: Doopsteen — a basin used for baptism
  • Polish: chrzcielnica — a basin used for baptism
  • Polish: baptysterium — a basin used for baptism
  • Portuguese: pia batismal — a basin used for baptism
  • Romanian: cristelniță — a basin used for baptism
  • Romanian: baptisteriu — a basin used for baptism
  • Russian: купе́ль (kupélʹ) — a basin used for baptism
  • Scottish Gaelic: amar-bàistidh — a basin used for baptism
  • Serbo-Croatian: крстио́ница — a basin used for baptism
  • Serbo-Croatian: krstionica — a basin used for baptism
  • Slovak: krstiteľnica — a basin used for baptism
  • Slovene: krstilnik — a basin used for baptism
  • Spanish: pila bautismal — a basin used for baptism
  • Swedish: dopfunt — a basin used for baptism
  • Tagalog: benditahan — a basin used for baptism
  • Udi: авазан (avazan) — a basin used for baptism
  • Ukrainian: купіль християнства (kupilʹ xrystyjanstva) — a basin used for baptism
  • Ukrainian: купіль (kupilʹ) — a basin used for baptism
  • Welsh: bedyddfaen — a basin used for baptism
  • Yiddish: טויפֿבעקן (toyfbekn) — a basin used for baptism