Christ

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gher- Proto-Indo-European *ghrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist Middle English Crist English Christ From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Chrīst(us), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *ghr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to anoint”); further related to ghee.

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: me cago en Déu! — blasphemous interjection
• Finnish: perkele — blasphemous interjection
• French: bon Dieu de merde — blasphemous interjection
• French: crisse — blasphemous interjection
• German: Herrgott — blasphemous interjection
• Italian: porco Dio — blasphemous interjection
• Italian: porcodio — blasphemous interjection
• Portuguese: bom Jesus de merda — blasphemous interjection
• Spanish: ¡hostia! — blasphemous interjection
• Spanish: ¡me cago en Dios! — blasphemous interjection
• Welsh: Iesu — blasphemous interjection
• Afrikaans: Christus — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Arabic: مَسِيح (masīḥ) — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Catalan: Crist — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Esperanto: Kristo — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• French: Christ — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• French: Messie — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Galician: Cristo — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Ancient Greek: Χριστός (Khristós) — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Haitian Creole: Kris — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Hindi: मसीह (masīh) — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Hindi: मसीहा (masīhā) — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Indonesian: Al-Masih — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Ingrian: Kristus — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Macedonian: Христос (Hristos) — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Khiamniungan Naga: Khrīstā — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Polish: Chrystus — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Portuguese: Cristo — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Russian: Христо́с (Xristós) — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Spanish: Cristo — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Zazaki: Mesih — messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy
• Abkhaz: Қьырса (Kjərsa) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Afrikaans: Christus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Albanian: Krisht — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Arabic: الْمَسِيح (al-masīḥ) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Aramaic: מְשִׁיחָא (m'šīḥāʿ) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Aramaic: ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʻristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Old Armenian: Քրիստոս (Kʻristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Azerbaijani: Məsih — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Bats: ქრისტე (krisṭe) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Belarusian: Хрысто́с (Xrystós) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Bengali: খ্রিষ্ট (khriśṭo) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Bulgarian: Христо́с (Hristós) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Burmese: ခရစ်တော် (hka.ractau) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Burmese: ခရစ် (hka.rac) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Catalan: Crist — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Cherokee: ᎦᎶᏁᏛ (galonedv) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Chichewa: Khristu — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Chinese Cantonese: 基督 (gei1 duk1) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Chinese: Җидў (Jidw) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Hakka Chinese: 基督 (Kî-tuk) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Chinese: 基督 (zh-min-nan) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Chinese Mandarin: 基督 (Jīdū) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Wu Chinese: 基督 (1ci-toq) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Coptic: ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ (khristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Coptic: ⲡⲭⲥ (pkhs) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Cornish: Cryst — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Czech: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Danish: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Dutch: Christus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Esperanto: Kristo — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Faroese: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Faroese: Kristur — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Finnish: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• French: Christ — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Galician: Cristo — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Georgian: ქრისტე (krisṭe) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• German: Christus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Gothic: 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (xristus) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Greek: Χριστός (Christós) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Ancient Greek: Χριστός (Khristós) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Haitian Creole: Kris — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Hebrew: הַמָּשִׁיחַ (ha-mashiyah) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Hindi: मसीह (masīh) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Hindi: मसीहा (masīhā) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Hindi: क्राइस्ट (krāisṭ) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Hungarian: Krisztus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Icelandic: Kristur — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Indonesian: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Indonesian: al-Masih — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Indonesian: diurapi — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Ingrian: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Irish: Críost — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Old Irish: Críst — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Italian: Cristo — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Japanese: キリスト (Kirisuto) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Japanese: ハリストス (Harisutosu) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Kaonde: Kilishitu — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Kazakh: Мәсих (Mäsix) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Khmer: ព្រះយេស៊ូ (prĕəh yeisuu) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Khmer: គ្រិស្ត (krɨh) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Korean: 그리스도 (Geuriseudo) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Korean: 기독 (Gidok) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Northern Kurdish: Mesîh — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Kyrgyz: Христос (Hristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Lao: ຄຣິດ (khrit) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Lao: ພະຄິດ (pha khit) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Lao: ຄິດ (khit) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Lao: ກຣິສຕ໌ (kris ta) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Lao: ພຣະຄຣິດ (phrak rit) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Latin: Christus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Latvian: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Limburgish: Kèrstös — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Lithuanian: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Macedonian: Христос (Hristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Macedonian: Ристос (Ristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Malay: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Malay: al-Masih — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Maltese: Kristu — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᡵᡳᠰᡨᠣᠰ (heristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Manx: Creest — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Marathi: ख्रिस्त (khrista) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Mingrelian: ქირსე (kirse) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Mingrelian: ქრისტე (krisṭe) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Mongolian: Христос (Xristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Mongolian: ᠾᠷᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠦᠰ (hristüs) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Khiamniungan Naga: Khrīstā — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Nepali: क्राइस्ट (krāisṭ) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Norman: Christ — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Norwegian: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Old Occitan: Xrist — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Church Slavic: Хрїстъ (Xristŭ) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Old English: Crist — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Old Norse: Kristr — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Ossetian: Киристе (Kiriste) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Ossetian: Чырысти (Ḱyrysti) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Pashto: مسيح (masíh) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Persian: مسیح (masih) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Persian: کرسطوس (kerestus) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Pohnpeian: Krisdus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Pohnpeian: Krais — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Polish: Chrystus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Portuguese: Cristo — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Romanian: Hristos — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Russian: Христо́с (Xristós) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Samoan: Keriso — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Scottish Gaelic: Crìosd — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Serbo-Croatian: Христ — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Serbo-Croatian: Хри̏стос — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Serbo-Croatian: Hrist — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Serbo-Croatian: Hrȉstos — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Sinhalese: ක්රිස්තුස් (kristus) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Slovak: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Slovene: Krístus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Spanish: Cristo — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Spanish: Jesucristo — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Svan: ქრისდე (krisde) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Swahili: Kristo — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Swedish: Kristus — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Tagalog: Kristo — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Tajik: Масеҳ (Maseh) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Tamil: கிறிஸ்து (kiṟistu) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Telugu: క్రీస్తు (krīstu) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Thai: คริสต์ (krít) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Turkish: İsa — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Turkish: İsa Mesih — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Turkish: Mesih — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Turkmen: Isa — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Turkmen: Hristos — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Turkmen: Mesih — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Ukrainian: Христо́с (Xrystós) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Urdu: مسیح (masīh) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Uyghur: خرىستوس (xristos) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Uyghur: مەسىھ (mesih) — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Uzbek: Xristos — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Uzbek: Masih — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Vietnamese: Ki-tô — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Vietnamese: Ki-ri-xi-tô — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Vietnamese: Cơ đốc — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Vietnamese: Kitô — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Vietnamese: Cơ Đốc. — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Welsh: Crist — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Yup'ik: Ciissussaq — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Yup'ik: Kelistussaaq — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Zazaki: İsa — title for Jesus of Nazareth
• Afrikaans: Christus — figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ
• French: Christ — figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ
• Italian: Cristo — figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ
• Polish: Chrystus — figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ
• Spanish: Cristo — figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ