christen

chris·ten  (krsn)

tr.v. chris·tened, chris·ten·ing, chris·tens

1.

a. To baptize into a Christian church.

b. To give a name to at baptism.

2.

a. To name: christened the kitten "Snowball."

b. To name and dedicate ceremonially: christen a ship.

3. To use for the first time: christened the new car by going for a drive.

---

[Middle English cristnen, from Old English cristnian, from cristen, Christian; see Christian.]

---

christen

Verb

1. same as baptize

2. to give a name to (a person or thing)

3. Informal to use for the first time [Old English cristnian]

christening n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

christen - administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" baptise, baptize call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

---

christen

verb 1. baptize, name

verb 2. name, call, term, style, title, dub, designate

Translations

christen [ˈkrɪsn] vt → bautizar

---

christen [ˈkrɪsn] vt → baptiser

---

christen [ˈkrɪsn] vt → taufen

---

christen [ˈkrɪsn] vt → battezzare

---

christen

v christen [ˈkrisn]

1 to baptize into the Christian church The priest christened three babies today. christelike يعمِّد يُعَمِّد مَوْلودا покръствам (po)křtít døbe taufen βαφτίζω bautizar ristima غسل تعمید دادنو مسیحی کردن kastaa baptiser לְהַטבִּיל बपतिस्मा देना krstiti (meg)keresztel mempermandikan skíra, ausa vatni battezzare 洗礼を施す 세례를 베풀어 기독교도로 만들다 krikštyti kristīt membaptiskan dopen døpe chrzcić baptizar a boteza крестить krstiť krstiti krstiti döpa ทำพิธีล้างบาปและตั้งชื่อให้ vaftiz etmek 為...施洗禮 хрестити بپتسمہ دینا ، عیسائی مذہب میں داخل کرنا làm lễ rửa tội 为...施洗礼

2 to give (a name) to She was christened Joanna. gedoop يُطلق اسْما على кръщавам pokřtít døbe taufen βαφτίζω bautizar nimeks andma نام مسیحی دادن ristiä nommer לִקרוֹא בְּשֵם नाम देना, नामाकरण nazvati elnevez menamai skíra, nefna dare il nome, battezzare 命名する 명명하다 duoti vardą dot vārdu menamakan dopen døpe, gi navn nadawać imię baptizar a numi нарекать pokrstiť krstiti za krstiti döpa (kristna) till ตั้งชื่อ vaftiz ederek ad vermek (洗禮時)命名為 давати ім'я при хрещенні عیسائی نام دینا đặt tên thánh （洗礼时）命名为