christen (redirected from christener)

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.

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

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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"

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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

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christen

v christen [ˈkrisn]

1 to baptize into the Christian church The priest christened three babies today.christelikeيعمِّد يُعَمِّد مَوْلوداпокръствам(po)křtítdøbetaufenβαφτίζωbautizarristimaغسل تعمید دادنو مسیحی کردنkastaabaptiserלְהַטבִּילबपतिस्मा देनाkrstiti(meg)keresztelmempermandikanskíra, ausa vatnibattezzare洗礼を施す세례를 베풀어 기독교도로 만들다krikštytikristītmembaptiskandopendøpechrzcićbaptizara botezaкреститьkrstiťkrstitikrstitidöpaทำพิธีล้างบาปและตั้งชื่อให้vaftiz etmek為...施洗禮хреститиبپتسمہ دینا ، عیسائی مذہب میں داخل کرناlàm lễ rửa tội为...施洗礼

2 to give (a name) to She was christened Joanna.gedoopيُطلق اسْما علىкръщавамpokřtítdøbetaufenβαφτίζωbautizarnimeks andmaنام مسیحی دادنristiänommerלִקרוֹא בְּשֵםनाम देना, नामाकरणnazvatielnevezmenamaiskíra, nefnadare il nome, battezzare命名する명명하다duoti vardądot vārdumenamakandopendøpe, gi navnnadawać imiębaptizara numiнарекатьpokrstiťkrstiti zakrstitidöpa (kristna) tillตั้งชื่อvaftiz ederek ad vermek(洗禮時)命名為давати ім'я при хрещенніعیسائی نام دیناđặt tên thánh（洗礼时）命名为